California

Distance from Santa Clarita to Simi Valley

Straight-line distance

17.5mi

Santa Clarita, CA and Simi Valley, CA are 17.5 miles (28.2 km) apart in a straight line. From Santa Clarita, the shortest path starts out heading SW (234°).

kilometers
28.2
nautical miles
15.2
heading from Santa Clarita
234° SW
heading from Simi Valley
54° NE
Santa ClaritaSimi Valley

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

How far Santa Clarita is from Simi Valley

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Santa Clarita and Simi Valley is 17.5 miles, 28.2 km or 15.2 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 17.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
17.5
Kilometers
28.2
Nautical miles
15.2
Bearing from Santa Clarita
233.9° SW
Bearing arriving at Simi Valley
233.8°
Bearing from Simi Valley
53.8° NE

Halfway between Santa Clarita and Simi Valley

The great-circle midpoint is at 34.341762, -118.624711 (34°20'30.34"N 118°37'28.96"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Santa Clarita, CA, with 229,159 residents, 8.8 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, Santa Clarita gets 14 h 28 min of daylight and Simi Valley 14 h 27 min; on December 21, 9 h 51 min and 9 h 52 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Santa Clarita has 1.8 times the population of Simi Valley. From July 2020 to July 2024, Santa Clarita changed by -1.4% and Simi Valley by -0.5%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Santa Clarita, CA229,159 (-1.4%)
  2. 02Simi Valley, CA125,778 (-0.5%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Santa Clarita from Simi Valley?

17.5 miles, 28.2 km or 15.2 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Simi Valley from Santa Clarita?

SW. The great-circle path leaves Santa Clarita on a bearing of 233.9° and arrives at Simi Valley on 233.8°. The return trip starts on 53.8°.

What is halfway between Santa Clarita and Simi Valley?

The midpoint is at 34.341762, -118.624711. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Santa Clarita, CA, 8.8 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Santa Clarita and Simi Valley?

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

Which is bigger, Santa Clarita or Simi Valley?

Santa Clarita, with 229,159 residents in July 2024 against 125,778 for Simi Valley, 1.8 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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