California

Distance from Anaheim to Costa Mesa

Straight-line distance

15.8mi

Anaheim, CA and Costa Mesa, CA are 15.8 miles (25.4 km) apart in a straight line. From Anaheim, the shortest path starts out heading SW (214°).

kilometers
25.4
nautical miles
13.7
heading from Anaheim
214° SW
heading from Costa Mesa
34° NE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Anaheim is from Costa Mesa

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Anaheim and Costa Mesa is 15.8 miles, 25.4 km or 13.7 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 15.8 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
15.8
Kilometers
25.4
Nautical miles
13.7
Bearing from Anaheim
214.0° SW
Bearing arriving at Costa Mesa
213.9°
Bearing from Costa Mesa
33.9° NE

Halfway between Anaheim and Costa Mesa

The great-circle midpoint is at 33.760724, -117.835585 (33°45'38.61"N 117°50'8.11"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Orange, CA, with 137,941 residents, 2.4 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, Anaheim gets 14 h 25 min of daylight and Costa Mesa 14 h 24 min; on December 21, 9 h 54 min and 9 h 55 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Anaheim has 3.2 times the population of Costa Mesa. From July 2020 to July 2024, Anaheim changed by -0.6% and Costa Mesa by -2.6%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Anaheim, CA344,561 (-0.6%)
  2. 02Costa Mesa, CA109,131 (-2.6%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Anaheim from Costa Mesa?

15.8 miles, 25.4 km or 13.7 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Costa Mesa from Anaheim?

SW. The great-circle path leaves Anaheim on a bearing of 214.0° and arrives at Costa Mesa on 213.9°. The return trip starts on 33.9°.

What is halfway between Anaheim and Costa Mesa?

The midpoint is at 33.760724, -117.835585. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Orange, CA, 2.4 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Anaheim and Costa Mesa?

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

Which is bigger, Anaheim or Costa Mesa?

Anaheim, with 344,561 residents in July 2024 against 109,131 for Costa Mesa, 3.2 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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