California

Distance from Palmdale to Santa Clarita

Straight-line distance

25.5mi

Palmdale, CA and Santa Clarita, CA are 25.5 miles (41.1 km) apart in a straight line. From Palmdale, the shortest path starts out heading WSW (242°).

kilometers
41.1
nautical miles
22.2
heading from Palmdale
242° WSW
heading from Santa Clarita
62° ENE
PalmdaleSanta Clarita

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

How far Palmdale is from Santa Clarita

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Palmdale and Santa Clarita is 25.5 miles, 41.1 km or 22.2 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 25.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
25.5
Kilometers
41.1
Nautical miles
22.2
Bearing from Palmdale
241.9° WSW
Bearing arriving at Santa Clarita
241.7°
Bearing from Santa Clarita
61.7° ENE

Halfway between Palmdale and Santa Clarita

The great-circle midpoint is at 34.503909, -118.303257 (34°30'14.07"N 118°18'11.72"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Santa Clarita, CA, with 229,159 residents, 12.7 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, Palmdale gets 14 h 29 min of daylight and Santa Clarita 14 h 28 min; on December 21, 9 h 50 min and 9 h 51 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Santa Clarita has 1.4 times the population of Palmdale. From July 2020 to July 2024, Palmdale changed by -3.8% and Santa Clarita by -1.4%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Palmdale, CA162,536 (-3.8%)
  2. 02Santa Clarita, CA229,159 (-1.4%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Palmdale from Santa Clarita?

25.5 miles, 41.1 km or 22.2 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Santa Clarita from Palmdale?

WSW. The great-circle path leaves Palmdale on a bearing of 241.9° and arrives at Santa Clarita on 241.7°. The return trip starts on 61.7°.

What is halfway between Palmdale and Santa Clarita?

The midpoint is at 34.503909, -118.303257. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Santa Clarita, CA, 12.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Palmdale and Santa Clarita?

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

Which is bigger, Palmdale or Santa Clarita?

Santa Clarita, with 229,159 residents in July 2024 against 162,536 for Palmdale, 1.4 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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