California
Distance from Oxnard to Santa Maria
Straight-line distance
86.7mi
Oxnard, CA and Santa Maria, CA are 86.7 miles (139.5 km) apart in a straight line. From Oxnard, the shortest path starts out heading NW (306°).
- kilometers
- 139.5
- nautical miles
- 75.3
- heading from Oxnard
- 306° NW
- heading from Santa Maria
- 125° SE
Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders
How far Oxnard is from Santa Maria
The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Oxnard and Santa Maria is 86.7 miles, 139.5 km or 75.3 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 86.7 miles, practically the same at this range.
Measurements
- Miles
- 86.7
- Kilometers
- 139.5
- Nautical miles
- 75.3
- Bearing from Oxnard
- 306.1° NW
- Bearing arriving at Santa Maria
- 305.4°
- Bearing from Santa Maria
- 125.4° SE
Halfway between Oxnard and Santa Maria
The great-circle midpoint is at 34.567807, -119.822823 (34°34'4.11"N 119°49'22.16"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Goleta, CA, with 32,611 residents, 9.4 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, Oxnard gets 14 h 26 min of daylight and Santa Maria 14 h 30 min; on December 21, 9 h 52 min and 9 h 48 min. Santa Maria is 0.73° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.
Population compared
Oxnard has 1.8 times the population of Santa Maria. From July 2020 to July 2024, Oxnard changed by -0.6% and Santa Maria by +1.4%. Both are in California.
- 01Oxnard, CA200,616 (-0.6%)
- 02Santa Maria, CA111,346 (+1.4%)
Questions people ask
How far is Oxnard from Santa Maria?
86.7 miles, 139.5 km or 75.3 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.
Which direction is Santa Maria from Oxnard?
NW. The great-circle path leaves Oxnard on a bearing of 306.1° and arrives at Santa Maria on 305.4°. The return trip starts on 125.4°.
What is halfway between Oxnard and Santa Maria?
The midpoint is at 34.567807, -119.822823. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Goleta, CA, 9.4 miles from it.
Is there a time difference between Oxnard and Santa Maria?
Both use America/Los_Angeles, so there is no time difference.
Which is bigger, Oxnard or Santa Maria?
Oxnard, with 200,616 residents in July 2024 against 111,346 for Santa Maria, 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.
- 01Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 02Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 03SunCalc library (Vladimir Agafonkin), algorithms after Jean Meeus
- 04IANA time zone database (clock times and daylight saving rules)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.