California

Distance from Carlsbad to Oceanside

Straight-line distance

6.7mi

Carlsbad, CA and Oceanside, CA are 6.7 miles (10.8 km) apart in a straight line. From Carlsbad, the shortest path starts out heading N (349°).

kilometers
10.8
nautical miles
5.8
heading from Carlsbad
349° N
heading from Oceanside
169° S
CarlsbadOceanside

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

How far Carlsbad is from Oceanside

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Carlsbad and Oceanside is 6.7 miles, 10.8 km or 5.8 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 6.7 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
6.7
Kilometers
10.8
Nautical miles
5.8
Bearing from Carlsbad
349.0° N
Bearing arriving at Oceanside
349.0°
Bearing from Oceanside
169.0° S

Halfway between Carlsbad and Oceanside

The great-circle midpoint is at 33.176950, -117.295244 (33°10'37.02"N 117°17'42.88"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Oceanside, CA, with 170,941 residents, 3.4 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, Carlsbad gets 14 h 21 min of daylight and Oceanside 14 h 21 min; on December 21, 9 h 58 min and 9 h 57 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Oceanside has 1.5 times the population of Carlsbad. From July 2020 to July 2024, Carlsbad changed by -1.2% and Oceanside by -1.8%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Carlsbad, CA113,575 (-1.2%)
  2. 02Oceanside, CA170,941 (-1.8%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Carlsbad from Oceanside?

6.7 miles, 10.8 km or 5.8 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Oceanside from Carlsbad?

N. The great-circle path leaves Carlsbad on a bearing of 349.0° and arrives at Oceanside on 349.0°. The return trip starts on 169.0°.

What is halfway between Carlsbad and Oceanside?

The midpoint is at 33.176950, -117.295244. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Oceanside, CA, 3.4 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Carlsbad and Oceanside?

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

Which is bigger, Carlsbad or Oceanside?

Oceanside, with 170,941 residents in July 2024 against 113,575 for Carlsbad, 1.5 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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