Nevada to California

Distance from Reno to Vacaville

Straight-line distance

140.4mi

Reno, NV and Vacaville, CA are 140.4 miles (226.0 km) apart in a straight line. From Reno, the shortest path starts out heading SW (235°).

kilometers
226.0
nautical miles
122.0
heading from Reno
235° SW
heading from Vacaville
53° NE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Reno is from Vacaville

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Reno and Vacaville is 140.4 miles, 226.0 km or 122.0 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 140.4 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
140.4
Kilometers
226.0
Nautical miles
122.0
Bearing from Reno
234.8° SW
Bearing arriving at Vacaville
233.5°
Bearing from Vacaville
53.5° NE

Halfway between Reno and Vacaville

The great-circle midpoint is at 38.958638, -120.918149 (38°57'31.10"N 120°55'5.34"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Colfax, CA, with 2,058 residents, 9.5 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, Reno gets 14 h 58 min of daylight and Vacaville 14 h 51 min; on December 21, 9 h 22 min and 9 h 29 min. Reno is 1.19° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Reno has 2.7 times the population of Vacaville. From July 2020 to July 2024, Reno changed by +6.3% and Vacaville by +1.8%. The trip crosses from Nevada into California.

  1. 01Reno, NV281,714 (+6.3%)
  2. 02Vacaville, CA103,994 (+1.8%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Reno from Vacaville?

140.4 miles, 226.0 km or 122.0 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Vacaville from Reno?

SW. The great-circle path leaves Reno on a bearing of 234.8° and arrives at Vacaville on 233.5°. The return trip starts on 53.5°.

What is halfway between Reno and Vacaville?

The midpoint is at 38.958638, -120.918149. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Colfax, CA, 9.5 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Reno and Vacaville?

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

Which is bigger, Reno or Vacaville?

Reno, with 281,714 residents in July 2024 against 103,994 for Vacaville, 2.7 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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