California

Distance from Santa Rosa to Vallejo

Straight-line distance

33.6mi

Santa Rosa, CA and Vallejo, CA are 33.6 miles (54.1 km) apart in a straight line. From Santa Rosa, the shortest path starts out heading SE (134°).

kilometers
54.1
nautical miles
29.2
heading from Santa Rosa
134° SE
heading from Vallejo
314° NW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Santa Rosa is from Vallejo

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Santa Rosa and Vallejo is 33.6 miles, 54.1 km or 29.2 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 33.6 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
33.6
Kilometers
54.1
Nautical miles
29.2
Bearing from Santa Rosa
134.1° SE
Bearing arriving at Vallejo
134.3°
Bearing from Vallejo
314.3° NW

Halfway between Santa Rosa and Vallejo

The great-circle midpoint is at 38.276559, -122.483732 (38°16'35.61"N 122°29'1.44"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Sonoma, CA, with 10,606 residents, 1.6 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 Rosa gets 14 h 51 min of daylight and Vallejo 14 h 49 min; on December 21, 9 h 29 min and 9 h 31 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Santa Rosa has 1.4 times the population of Vallejo. From July 2020 to July 2024, Santa Rosa changed by -0.3% and Vallejo by -1.9%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Santa Rosa, CA177,524 (-0.3%)
  2. 02Vallejo, CA123,475 (-1.9%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Santa Rosa from Vallejo?

33.6 miles, 54.1 km or 29.2 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Vallejo from Santa Rosa?

SE. The great-circle path leaves Santa Rosa on a bearing of 134.1° and arrives at Vallejo on 134.3°. The return trip starts on 314.3°.

What is halfway between Santa Rosa and Vallejo?

The midpoint is at 38.276559, -122.483732. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Sonoma, CA, 1.6 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Santa Rosa and Vallejo?

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

Which is bigger, Santa Rosa or Vallejo?

Santa Rosa, with 177,524 residents in July 2024 against 123,475 for Vallejo, 1.4 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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