California
Distance from Santa Clarita to Santa Maria
Straight-line distance
116.0mi
Santa Clarita, CA and Santa Maria, CA are 116.0 miles (186.7 km) apart in a straight line. From Santa Clarita, the shortest path starts out heading WNW (288°).
- kilometers
- 186.7
- nautical miles
- 100.8
- heading from Santa Clarita
- 288° WNW
- heading from Santa Maria
- 107° ESE
Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders
How far Santa Clarita is from Santa Maria
The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Santa Clarita and Santa Maria is 116.0 miles, 186.7 km or 100.8 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 116.0 miles, practically the same at this range.
Measurements
- Miles
- 116.0
- Kilometers
- 186.7
- Nautical miles
- 100.8
- Bearing from Santa Clarita
- 288.5° WNW
- Bearing arriving at Santa Maria
- 287.4°
- Bearing from Santa Maria
- 107.4° ESE
Halfway between Santa Clarita and Santa Maria
The great-circle midpoint is at 34.678653, -119.469120 (34°40'43.15"N 119°28'8.83"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Ojai, CA, with 7,563 residents, 20.3 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, Santa Clarita gets 14 h 28 min of daylight and Santa Maria 14 h 30 min; on December 21, 9 h 51 min and 9 h 48 min. Santa Maria is 0.52° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.
Population compared
Santa Clarita has 2.1 times the population of Santa Maria. From July 2020 to July 2024, Santa Clarita changed by -1.4% and Santa Maria by +1.4%. Both are in California.
- 01Santa Clarita, CA229,159 (-1.4%)
- 02Santa Maria, CA111,346 (+1.4%)
Questions people ask
How far is Santa Clarita from Santa Maria?
116.0 miles, 186.7 km or 100.8 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.
Which direction is Santa Maria from Santa Clarita?
WNW. The great-circle path leaves Santa Clarita on a bearing of 288.5° and arrives at Santa Maria on 287.4°. The return trip starts on 107.4°.
What is halfway between Santa Clarita and Santa Maria?
The midpoint is at 34.678653, -119.469120. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Ojai, CA, 20.3 miles from it.
Is there a time difference between Santa Clarita and Santa Maria?
Both use America/Los_Angeles, so there is no time difference.
Which is bigger, Santa Clarita or Santa Maria?
Santa Clarita, with 229,159 residents in July 2024 against 111,346 for Santa Maria, 2.1 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.