California

Distance from Roseville to Stockton

Straight-line distance

54.8mi

Roseville, CA and Stockton, CA are 54.8 miles (88.3 km) apart in a straight line. From Roseville, the shortest path starts out heading S (179°).

kilometers
88.3
nautical miles
47.7
heading from Roseville
179° S
heading from Stockton
359° N
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Roseville is from Stockton

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Roseville and Stockton is 54.8 miles, 88.3 km or 47.7 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 54.8 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
54.8
Kilometers
88.3
Nautical miles
47.7
Bearing from Roseville
179.4° S
Bearing arriving at Stockton
179.4°
Bearing from Stockton
359.4° N

Halfway between Roseville and Stockton

The great-circle midpoint is at 38.373450, -121.314070 (38°22'24.42"N 121°18'50.65"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Elk Grove, CA, with 182,797 residents, 4.8 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, Roseville gets 14 h 53 min of daylight and Stockton 14 h 48 min; on December 21, 9 h 27 min and 9 h 32 min. Roseville is 0.79° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Stockton has 2.0 times the population of Roseville. From July 2020 to July 2024, Roseville changed by +10.0% and Stockton by +1.2%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Roseville, CA163,304 (+10.0%)
  2. 02Stockton, CA324,975 (+1.2%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Roseville from Stockton?

54.8 miles, 88.3 km or 47.7 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Stockton from Roseville?

S. The great-circle path leaves Roseville on a bearing of 179.4° and arrives at Stockton on 179.4°. The return trip starts on 359.4°.

What is halfway between Roseville and Stockton?

The midpoint is at 38.373450, -121.314070. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Elk Grove, CA, 4.8 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Roseville and Stockton?

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

Which is bigger, Roseville or Stockton?

Stockton, with 324,975 residents in July 2024 against 163,304 for Roseville, 2.0 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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