California

Distance from Sacramento to Vallejo

Straight-line distance

53.5mi

Sacramento, CA and Vallejo, CA are 53.5 miles (86.2 km) apart in a straight line. From Sacramento, the shortest path starts out heading SW (234°).

kilometers
86.2
nautical miles
46.5
heading from Sacramento
234° SW
heading from Vallejo
53° NE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Sacramento is from Vallejo

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Sacramento and Vallejo is 53.5 miles, 86.2 km or 46.5 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 53.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
53.5
Kilometers
86.2
Nautical miles
46.5
Bearing from Sacramento
233.8° SW
Bearing arriving at Vallejo
233.3°
Bearing from Vallejo
53.3° NE

Halfway between Sacramento and Vallejo

The great-circle midpoint is at 38.337969, -121.866513 (38°20'16.69"N 121°51'59.45"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Vacaville, CA, with 103,994 residents, 5.7 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, Sacramento gets 14 h 52 min of daylight and Vallejo 14 h 49 min; on December 21, 9 h 28 min and 9 h 31 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Sacramento has 4.3 times the population of Vallejo. From July 2020 to July 2024, Sacramento changed by +1.9% and Vallejo by -1.9%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Sacramento, CA535,798 (+1.9%)
  2. 02Vallejo, CA123,475 (-1.9%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Sacramento from Vallejo?

53.5 miles, 86.2 km or 46.5 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Vallejo from Sacramento?

SW. The great-circle path leaves Sacramento on a bearing of 233.8° and arrives at Vallejo on 233.3°. The return trip starts on 53.3°.

What is halfway between Sacramento and Vallejo?

The midpoint is at 38.337969, -121.866513. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Vacaville, CA, 5.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Sacramento and Vallejo?

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

Which is bigger, Sacramento or Vallejo?

Sacramento, with 535,798 residents in July 2024 against 123,475 for Vallejo, 4.3 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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