California

Distance from San Jose to Santa Clara

Straight-line distance

9.7mi

San Jose, CA and Santa Clara, CA are 9.7 miles (15.6 km) apart in a straight line. From San Jose, the shortest path starts out heading WNW (299°).

kilometers
15.6
nautical miles
8.4
heading from San Jose
299° WNW
heading from Santa Clara
119° ESE
San JoseSanta Clara

Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far San Jose is from Santa Clara

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of San Jose and Santa Clara is 9.7 miles, 15.6 km or 8.4 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 9.7 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
9.7
Kilometers
15.6
Nautical miles
8.4
Bearing from San Jose
299.4° WNW
Bearing arriving at Santa Clara
299.3°
Bearing from Santa Clara
119.3° ESE

Halfway between San Jose and Santa Clara

The great-circle midpoint is at 37.330325, -121.891265 (37°19'49.17"N 121°53'28.55"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Santa Clara, CA, with 133,132 residents, 4.8 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, San Jose gets 14 h 44 min of daylight and Santa Clara 14 h 44 min; on December 21, 9 h 36 min and 9 h 35 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

San Jose has 7.5 times the population of Santa Clara. From July 2020 to July 2024, San Jose changed by -1.2% and Santa Clara by +3.5%. Both are in California.

  1. 01San Jose, CA997,368 (-1.2%)
  2. 02Santa Clara, CA133,132 (+3.5%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is San Jose from Santa Clara?

9.7 miles, 15.6 km or 8.4 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Santa Clara from San Jose?

WNW. The great-circle path leaves San Jose on a bearing of 299.4° and arrives at Santa Clara on 299.3°. The return trip starts on 119.3°.

What is halfway between San Jose and Santa Clara?

The midpoint is at 37.330325, -121.891265. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Santa Clara, CA, 4.8 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between San Jose and Santa Clara?

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

Which is bigger, San Jose or Santa Clara?

San Jose, with 997,368 residents in July 2024 against 133,132 for Santa Clara, 7.5 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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