California

Distance from Stockton to Vacaville

Straight-line distance

44.5mi

Stockton, CA and Vacaville, CA are 44.5 miles (71.7 km) apart in a straight line. From Stockton, the shortest path starts out heading NW (307°).

kilometers
71.7
nautical miles
38.7
heading from Stockton
307° NW
heading from Vacaville
126° SE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Stockton is from Vacaville

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Stockton and Vacaville is 44.5 miles, 71.7 km or 38.7 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 44.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
44.5
Kilometers
71.7
Nautical miles
38.7
Bearing from Stockton
306.6° NW
Bearing arriving at Vacaville
306.2°
Bearing from Vacaville
126.2° SE

Halfway between Stockton and Vacaville

The great-circle midpoint is at 38.168062, -121.637735 (38°10'5.02"N 121°38'15.85"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Rio Vista, CA, with 10,248 residents, 3.6 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, Stockton gets 14 h 48 min of daylight and Vacaville 14 h 51 min; on December 21, 9 h 32 min and 9 h 29 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Stockton has 3.1 times the population of Vacaville. From July 2020 to July 2024, Stockton changed by +1.2% and Vacaville by +1.8%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Stockton, CA324,975 (+1.2%)
  2. 02Vacaville, CA103,994 (+1.8%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Stockton from Vacaville?

44.5 miles, 71.7 km or 38.7 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Vacaville from Stockton?

NW. The great-circle path leaves Stockton on a bearing of 306.6° and arrives at Vacaville on 306.2°. The return trip starts on 126.2°.

What is halfway between Stockton and Vacaville?

The midpoint is at 38.168062, -121.637735. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Rio Vista, CA, 3.6 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Stockton and Vacaville?

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

Which is bigger, Stockton or Vacaville?

Stockton, with 324,975 residents in July 2024 against 103,994 for Vacaville, 3.1 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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