California

Distance from Los Angeles to Thousand Oaks

Straight-line distance

29.1mi

Los Angeles, CA and Thousand Oaks, CA are 29.1 miles (46.8 km) apart in a straight line. From Los Angeles, the shortest path starts out heading WNW (295°).

kilometers
46.8
nautical miles
25.3
heading from Los Angeles
295° WNW
heading from Thousand Oaks
114° ESE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Los Angeles is from Thousand Oaks

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Los Angeles and Thousand Oaks is 29.1 miles, 46.8 km or 25.3 nautical miles. That is the shortest path over the Earth's surface, computed with the haversine formula on a sphere with the mean Earth radius, 6,371.0 km. A course held on one compass bearing (a rhumb line) would be 29.1 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
29.1
Kilometers
46.8
Nautical miles
25.3
Bearing from Los Angeles
294.5° WNW
Bearing arriving at Thousand Oaks
294.3°
Bearing from Thousand Oaks
114.3° ESE

Halfway between Los Angeles and Thousand Oaks

The great-circle midpoint is at 34.106568, -118.642262 (34°06'23.64"N 118°38'32.14"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Calabasas, CA, with 22,256 residents, 2.4 miles from the midpoint. To find towns near the midpoint of any two places, use the halfway tool.

Time zones and daylight

Both use America/Los_Angeles, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Los Angeles gets 14 h 25 min of daylight and Thousand Oaks 14 h 26 min; on December 21, 9 h 53 min and 9 h 52 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Los Angeles has 31.2 times the population of Thousand Oaks. From July 2020 to July 2024, Los Angeles changed by -0.5% and Thousand Oaks by -2.0%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Los Angeles, CA3,878,704 (-0.5%)
  2. 02Thousand Oaks, CA124,229 (-2.0%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Los Angeles from Thousand Oaks?

29.1 miles, 46.8 km or 25.3 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Thousand Oaks from Los Angeles?

WNW. The great-circle path leaves Los Angeles on a bearing of 294.5° and arrives at Thousand Oaks on 294.3°. The return trip starts on 114.3°.

What is halfway between Los Angeles and Thousand Oaks?

The midpoint is at 34.106568, -118.642262. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Calabasas, CA, 2.4 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Los Angeles and Thousand Oaks?

Both use America/Los_Angeles, so there is no time difference.

Which is bigger, Los Angeles or Thousand Oaks?

Los Angeles, with 3,878,704 residents in July 2024 against 124,229 for Thousand Oaks, 31.2 times as many.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census 2024 Gazetteer internal points and Vintage 2024 estimates; time zones from Open-Meteo.

  1. 01Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  2. 02Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  3. 03SunCalc library (Vladimir Agafonkin), algorithms after Jean Meeus
  4. 04IANA time zone database (clock times and daylight saving rules)

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