California
Distance from Salinas to Santa Clara
Straight-line distance
50.1mi
Salinas, CA and Santa Clara, CA are 50.1 miles (80.7 km) apart in a straight line. From Salinas, the shortest path starts out heading NNW (339°).
- kilometers
- 80.7
- nautical miles
- 43.5
- heading from Salinas
- 339° NNW
- heading from Santa Clara
- 158° SSE
Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders
How far Salinas is from Santa Clara
The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Salinas and Santa Clara is 50.1 miles, 80.7 km or 43.5 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 50.1 miles, practically the same at this range.
Measurements
- Miles
- 50.1
- Kilometers
- 80.7
- Nautical miles
- 43.5
- Bearing from Salinas
- 338.5° NNW
- Bearing arriving at Santa Clara
- 338.3°
- Bearing from Santa Clara
- 158.3° SSE
Halfway between Salinas and Santa Clara
The great-circle midpoint is at 37.027517, -121.800158 (37°01'39.06"N 121°48'0.57"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Watsonville, CA, with 51,320 residents, 7.3 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 Santa Clara 14 h 44 min; on December 21, 9 h 39 min and 9 h 35 min. Santa Clara is 0.67° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.
Population compared
Salinas has 1.2 times the population of Santa Clara. From July 2020 to July 2024, Salinas changed by -1.6% and Santa Clara by +3.5%. Both are in California.
- 01Salinas, CA160,783 (-1.6%)
- 02Santa Clara, CA133,132 (+3.5%)
Questions people ask
How far is Salinas from Santa Clara?
50.1 miles, 80.7 km or 43.5 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.
Which direction is Santa Clara from Salinas?
NNW. The great-circle path leaves Salinas on a bearing of 338.5° and arrives at Santa Clara on 338.3°. The return trip starts on 158.3°.
What is halfway between Salinas and Santa Clara?
The midpoint is at 37.027517, -121.800158. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Watsonville, CA, 7.3 miles from it.
Is there a time difference between Salinas and Santa Clara?
Both use America/Los_Angeles, so there is no time difference.
Which is bigger, Salinas or Santa Clara?
Salinas, with 160,783 residents in July 2024 against 133,132 for Santa Clara, 1.2 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.