California

Distance from Sacramento to Stockton

Straight-line distance

41.7mi

Sacramento, CA and Stockton, CA are 41.7 miles (67.2 km) apart in a straight line. From Sacramento, the shortest path starts out heading SSE (168°).

kilometers
67.2
nautical miles
36.3
heading from Sacramento
168° SSE
heading from Stockton
348° NNW
SacramentoStockton

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

How far Sacramento is from Stockton

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Sacramento and Stockton is 41.7 miles, 67.2 km or 36.3 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 41.7 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
41.7
Kilometers
67.2
Nautical miles
36.3
Bearing from Sacramento
168.0° SSE
Bearing arriving at Stockton
168.1°
Bearing from Stockton
348.1° NNW

Halfway between Sacramento and Stockton

The great-circle midpoint is at 38.272177, -121.388075 (38°16'19.84"N 121°23'17.07"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Galt, CA, with 26,589 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, Sacramento gets 14 h 52 min of daylight and Stockton 14 h 48 min; on December 21, 9 h 28 min and 9 h 32 min. Sacramento is 0.59° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Sacramento has 1.6 times the population of Stockton. From July 2020 to July 2024, Sacramento changed by +1.9% and Stockton by +1.2%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Sacramento, CA535,798 (+1.9%)
  2. 02Stockton, CA324,975 (+1.2%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Sacramento from Stockton?

41.7 miles, 67.2 km or 36.3 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Stockton from Sacramento?

SSE. The great-circle path leaves Sacramento on a bearing of 168.0° and arrives at Stockton on 168.1°. The return trip starts on 348.1°.

What is halfway between Sacramento and Stockton?

The midpoint is at 38.272177, -121.388075. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Galt, CA, 4.8 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Sacramento and Stockton?

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

Which is bigger, Sacramento or Stockton?

Sacramento, with 535,798 residents in July 2024 against 324,975 for Stockton, 1.6 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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