California
Distance from Salinas to San Jose
Straight-line distance
43.0mi
Salinas, CA and San Jose, CA are 43.0 miles (69.3 km) apart in a straight line. From Salinas, the shortest path starts out heading NNW (347°).
- kilometers
- 69.3
- nautical miles
- 37.4
- heading from Salinas
- 347° NNW
- heading from San Jose
- 167° SSE
Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders
How far Salinas is from San Jose
The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Salinas and San Jose is 43.0 miles, 69.3 km or 37.4 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 43.0 miles, practically the same at this range.
Measurements
- Miles
- 43.0
- Kilometers
- 69.3
- Nautical miles
- 37.4
- Bearing from Salinas
- 346.6° NNW
- Bearing arriving at San Jose
- 346.5°
- Bearing from San Jose
- 166.5° SSE
Halfway between Salinas and San Jose
The great-circle midpoint is at 36.993134, -121.723840 (36°59'35.28"N 121°43'25.82"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Watsonville, CA, with 51,320 residents, 5.5 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, Salinas gets 14 h 40 min of daylight and San Jose 14 h 44 min; on December 21, 9 h 39 min and 9 h 36 min. San Jose is 0.61° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.
Population compared
San Jose has 6.2 times the population of Salinas. From July 2020 to July 2024, Salinas changed by -1.6% and San Jose by -1.2%. Both are in California.
- 01Salinas, CA160,783 (-1.6%)
- 02San Jose, CA997,368 (-1.2%)
Questions people ask
How far is Salinas from San Jose?
43.0 miles, 69.3 km or 37.4 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.
Which direction is San Jose from Salinas?
NNW. The great-circle path leaves Salinas on a bearing of 346.6° and arrives at San Jose on 346.5°. The return trip starts on 166.5°.
What is halfway between Salinas and San Jose?
The midpoint is at 36.993134, -121.723840. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Watsonville, CA, 5.5 miles from it.
Is there a time difference between Salinas and San Jose?
Both use America/Los_Angeles, so there is no time difference.
Which is bigger, Salinas or San Jose?
San Jose, with 997,368 residents in July 2024 against 160,783 for Salinas, 6.2 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.
- 01Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 02Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 03SunCalc library (Vladimir Agafonkin), algorithms after Jean Meeus
- 04IANA time zone database (clock times and daylight saving rules)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.