California

Distance from Santa Clara to Tracy

Straight-line distance

37.8mi

Santa Clara, CA and Tracy, CA are 37.8 miles (60.8 km) apart in a straight line. From Santa Clara, the shortest path starts out heading NE (48°).

kilometers
60.8
nautical miles
32.8
heading from Santa Clara
48° NE
heading from Tracy
229° SW
Santa ClaraTracy

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

How far Santa Clara is from Tracy

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Santa Clara and Tracy is 37.8 miles, 60.8 km or 32.8 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 37.8 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
37.8
Kilometers
60.8
Nautical miles
32.8
Bearing from Santa Clara
48.3° NE
Bearing arriving at Tracy
48.6°
Bearing from Tracy
228.6° SW

Halfway between Santa Clara and Tracy

The great-circle midpoint is at 37.546280, -121.710728 (37°32'46.61"N 121°42'38.62"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Livermore, CA, with 84,867 residents, 10.1 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 Tracy 14 h 47 min; on December 21, 9 h 35 min and 9 h 33 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Santa Clara has 1.3 times the population of Tracy. From July 2020 to July 2024, Santa Clara changed by +3.5% and Tracy by +7.0%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Santa Clara, CA133,132 (+3.5%)
  2. 02Tracy, CA100,136 (+7.0%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Santa Clara from Tracy?

37.8 miles, 60.8 km or 32.8 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Tracy from Santa Clara?

NE. The great-circle path leaves Santa Clara on a bearing of 48.3° and arrives at Tracy on 48.6°. The return trip starts on 228.6°.

What is halfway between Santa Clara and Tracy?

The midpoint is at 37.546280, -121.710728. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Livermore, CA, 10.1 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Santa Clara and Tracy?

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

Which is bigger, Santa Clara or Tracy?

Santa Clara, with 133,132 residents in July 2024 against 100,136 for Tracy, 1.3 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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