California

Distance from Santa Maria to Simi Valley

Straight-line distance

106.8mi

Santa Maria, CA and Simi Valley, CA are 106.8 miles (171.9 km) apart in a straight line. From Santa Maria, the shortest path starts out heading ESE (115°).

kilometers
171.9
nautical miles
92.8
heading from Santa Maria
115° ESE
heading from Simi Valley
296° WNW
Santa MariaSimi Valley

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

How far Santa Maria is from Simi Valley

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Santa Maria and Simi Valley is 106.8 miles, 171.9 km or 92.8 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 106.8 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
106.8
Kilometers
171.9
Nautical miles
92.8
Bearing from Santa Maria
115.0° ESE
Bearing arriving at Simi Valley
116.0°
Bearing from Simi Valley
296.0° WNW

Halfway between Santa Maria and Simi Valley

The great-circle midpoint is at 34.602930, -119.592651 (34°36'10.55"N 119°35'33.54"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Santa Barbara, CA, with 87,291 residents, 15.4 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 Maria gets 14 h 30 min of daylight and Simi Valley 14 h 27 min; on December 21, 9 h 48 min and 9 h 52 min. Santa Maria is 0.67° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Simi Valley has 1.1 times the population of Santa Maria. From July 2020 to July 2024, Santa Maria changed by +1.4% and Simi Valley by -0.5%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Santa Maria, CA111,346 (+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 Maria from Simi Valley?

106.8 miles, 171.9 km or 92.8 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Simi Valley from Santa Maria?

ESE. The great-circle path leaves Santa Maria on a bearing of 115.0° and arrives at Simi Valley on 116.0°. The return trip starts on 296.0°.

What is halfway between Santa Maria and Simi Valley?

The midpoint is at 34.602930, -119.592651. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Santa Barbara, CA, 15.4 miles from it.

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

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

Which is bigger, Santa Maria or Simi Valley?

Simi Valley, with 125,778 residents in July 2024 against 111,346 for Santa Maria, 1.1 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.

  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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