California

Distance from Oxnard to San Buenaventura (Ventura)

Straight-line distance

5.4mi

Oxnard, CA and San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA are 5.4 miles (8.7 km) apart in a straight line. From Oxnard, the shortest path starts out heading NNW (331°).

kilometers
8.7
nautical miles
4.7
heading from Oxnard
331° NNW
heading from San Buenaventura (Ventura)
151° SSE
OxnardSan Buenaventura (Ventura)

Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Oxnard is from San Buenaventura (Ventura)

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Oxnard and San Buenaventura (Ventura) is 5.4 miles, 8.7 km or 4.7 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 5.4 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
5.4
Kilometers
8.7
Nautical miles
4.7
Bearing from Oxnard
330.6° NNW
Bearing arriving at San Buenaventura (Ventura)
330.5°
Bearing from San Buenaventura (Ventura)
150.5° SSE

Halfway between Oxnard and San Buenaventura (Ventura)

The great-circle midpoint is at 34.233602, -119.230841 (34°14'0.97"N 119°13'51.03"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA, with 109,831 residents, 2.7 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, Oxnard gets 14 h 26 min of daylight and San Buenaventura (Ventura) 14 h 27 min; on December 21, 9 h 52 min and 9 h 52 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Oxnard has 1.8 times the population of San Buenaventura (Ventura). From July 2020 to July 2024, Oxnard changed by -0.6% and San Buenaventura (Ventura) by -0.7%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Oxnard, CA200,616 (-0.6%)
  2. 02San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA109,831 (-0.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Oxnard from San Buenaventura (Ventura)?

5.4 miles, 8.7 km or 4.7 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is San Buenaventura (Ventura) from Oxnard?

NNW. The great-circle path leaves Oxnard on a bearing of 330.6° and arrives at San Buenaventura (Ventura) on 330.5°. The return trip starts on 150.5°.

What is halfway between Oxnard and San Buenaventura (Ventura)?

The midpoint is at 34.233602, -119.230841. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA, 2.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Oxnard and San Buenaventura (Ventura)?

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

Which is bigger, Oxnard or San Buenaventura (Ventura)?

Oxnard, with 200,616 residents in July 2024 against 109,831 for San Buenaventura (Ventura), 1.8 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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