California

Distance from Santa Clara to Sunnyvale

Straight-line distance

3.5mi

Santa Clara, CA and Sunnyvale, CA are 3.5 miles (5.7 km) apart in a straight line. From Santa Clara, the shortest path starts out heading WNW (295°).

kilometers
5.7
nautical miles
3.1
heading from Santa Clara
295° WNW
heading from Sunnyvale
115° ESE
Santa ClaraSunnyvale

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

How far Santa Clara is from Sunnyvale

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Santa Clara and Sunnyvale is 3.5 miles, 5.7 km or 3.1 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 3.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
3.5
Kilometers
5.7
Nautical miles
3.1
Bearing from Santa Clara
294.6° WNW
Bearing arriving at Sunnyvale
294.6°
Bearing from Sunnyvale
114.6° ESE

Halfway between Santa Clara and Sunnyvale

The great-circle midpoint is at 37.375204, -121.997146 (37°22'30.73"N 121°59'49.73"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Santa Clara, CA, with 133,132 residents, 1.7 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, Santa Clara gets 14 h 44 min of daylight and Sunnyvale 14 h 45 min; on December 21, 9 h 35 min and 9 h 35 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Sunnyvale has 1.2 times the population of Santa Clara. From July 2020 to July 2024, Santa Clara changed by +3.5% and Sunnyvale by +1.0%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Santa Clara, CA133,132 (+3.5%)
  2. 02Sunnyvale, CA156,792 (+1.0%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Santa Clara from Sunnyvale?

3.5 miles, 5.7 km or 3.1 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Sunnyvale from Santa Clara?

WNW. The great-circle path leaves Santa Clara on a bearing of 294.6° and arrives at Sunnyvale on 294.6°. The return trip starts on 114.6°.

What is halfway between Santa Clara and Sunnyvale?

The midpoint is at 37.375204, -121.997146. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Santa Clara, CA, 1.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Santa Clara and Sunnyvale?

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

Which is bigger, Santa Clara or Sunnyvale?

Sunnyvale, with 156,792 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.

  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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