California

Distance from Salinas to San Mateo

Straight-line distance

70.7mi

Salinas, CA and San Mateo, CA are 70.7 miles (113.9 km) apart in a straight line. From Salinas, the shortest path starts out heading NNW (328°).

kilometers
113.9
nautical miles
61.5
heading from Salinas
328° NNW
heading from San Mateo
148° SSE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Salinas is from San Mateo

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Salinas and San Mateo is 70.7 miles, 113.9 km or 61.5 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 70.7 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
70.7
Kilometers
113.9
Nautical miles
61.5
Bearing from Salinas
328.4° NNW
Bearing arriving at San Mateo
328.0°
Bearing from San Mateo
148.0° SSE

Halfway between Salinas and San Mateo

The great-circle midpoint is at 37.125731, -121.970255 (37°07'32.63"N 121°58'12.92"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Scotts Valley, CA, with 11,828 residents, 5.3 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 Mateo 14 h 46 min; on December 21, 9 h 39 min and 9 h 34 min. San Mateo is 0.87° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Salinas has 1.6 times the population of San Mateo. From July 2020 to July 2024, Salinas changed by -1.6% and San Mateo by -2.5%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Salinas, CA160,783 (-1.6%)
  2. 02San Mateo, CA103,006 (-2.5%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Salinas from San Mateo?

70.7 miles, 113.9 km or 61.5 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is San Mateo from Salinas?

NNW. The great-circle path leaves Salinas on a bearing of 328.4° and arrives at San Mateo on 328.0°. The return trip starts on 148.0°.

What is halfway between Salinas and San Mateo?

The midpoint is at 37.125731, -121.970255. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Scotts Valley, CA, 5.3 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Salinas and San Mateo?

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

Which is bigger, Salinas or San Mateo?

Salinas, with 160,783 residents in July 2024 against 103,006 for San Mateo, 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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