Bakersfield: facts

At a glance

• Country: United States
• Region: California
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 373,640
• Coordinates: 35.3733° N, 119.0187° W
• Time zone: America/Los_Angeles (UTC-08:00 standard, UTC-07:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Dollar (USD)
• Distance to the capital, Washington: 3,709 km (2,305 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Meadows Field (BFL): 7.6 km (4.7 mi), straight line
• Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA): 129 km (80 mi), straight line
• Santa Maria Public Airport Captain G Allan Hancock Field (SMX): 141 km (88 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Oildale: 5.2 km (3.2 mi)
• Lamont: 16 km (10 mi)
• Arvin: 25 km (16 mi)
• Shafter: 27 km (17 mi)
• Wasco: 38 km (24 mi)