California

Distance from Sacramento to Vacaville

Straight-line distance

30.7mi

Sacramento, CA and Vacaville, CA are 30.7 miles (49.4 km) apart in a straight line. From Sacramento, the shortest path starts out heading WSW (242°).

kilometers
49.4
nautical miles
26.7
heading from Sacramento
242° WSW
heading from Vacaville
62° ENE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Sacramento is from Vacaville

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Sacramento and Vacaville is 30.7 miles, 49.4 km or 26.7 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 30.7 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
30.7
Kilometers
49.4
Nautical miles
26.7
Bearing from Sacramento
242.1° WSW
Bearing arriving at Vacaville
241.8°
Bearing from Vacaville
61.8° ENE

Halfway between Sacramento and Vacaville

The great-circle midpoint is at 38.463416, -121.718763 (38°27'48.30"N 121°43'7.55"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Dixon, CA, with 20,296 residents, 5.8 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 Vacaville 14 h 51 min; on December 21, 9 h 28 min and 9 h 29 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Sacramento has 5.2 times the population of Vacaville. From July 2020 to July 2024, Sacramento changed by +1.9% and Vacaville by +1.8%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Sacramento, CA535,798 (+1.9%)
  2. 02Vacaville, CA103,994 (+1.8%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Sacramento from Vacaville?

30.7 miles, 49.4 km or 26.7 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Vacaville from Sacramento?

WSW. The great-circle path leaves Sacramento on a bearing of 242.1° and arrives at Vacaville on 241.8°. The return trip starts on 61.8°.

What is halfway between Sacramento and Vacaville?

The midpoint is at 38.463416, -121.718763. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Dixon, CA, 5.8 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Sacramento and Vacaville?

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

Which is bigger, Sacramento or Vacaville?

Sacramento, with 535,798 residents in July 2024 against 103,994 for Vacaville, 5.2 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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