California

Distance from Chula Vista to El Cajon

Straight-line distance

12.4mi

Chula Vista, CA and El Cajon, CA are 12.4 miles (20.0 km) apart in a straight line. From Chula Vista, the shortest path starts out heading NNE (15°).

kilometers
20.0
nautical miles
10.8
heading from Chula Vista
15° NNE
heading from El Cajon
195° SSW
Chula VistaEl Cajon

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

How far Chula Vista is from El Cajon

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Chula Vista and El Cajon is 12.4 miles, 20.0 km or 10.8 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 12.4 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
12.4
Kilometers
20.0
Nautical miles
10.8
Bearing from Chula Vista
14.8° NNE
Bearing arriving at El Cajon
14.8°
Bearing from El Cajon
194.8° SSW

Halfway between Chula Vista and El Cajon

The great-circle midpoint is at 32.714703, -116.987877 (32°42'52.93"N 116°59'16.36"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Lemon Grove, CA, with 27,867 residents, 3.0 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, Chula Vista gets 14 h 18 min of daylight and El Cajon 14 h 19 min; on December 21, 10 h 00 min and 9 h 59 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Chula Vista has 2.7 times the population of El Cajon. From July 2020 to July 2024, Chula Vista changed by +1.0% and El Cajon by -2.6%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Chula Vista, CA278,546 (+1.0%)
  2. 02El Cajon, CA103,291 (-2.6%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Chula Vista from El Cajon?

12.4 miles, 20.0 km or 10.8 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is El Cajon from Chula Vista?

NNE. The great-circle path leaves Chula Vista on a bearing of 14.8° and arrives at El Cajon on 14.8°. The return trip starts on 194.8°.

What is halfway between Chula Vista and El Cajon?

The midpoint is at 32.714703, -116.987877. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Lemon Grove, CA, 3.0 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Chula Vista and El Cajon?

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

Which is bigger, Chula Vista or El Cajon?

Chula Vista, with 278,546 residents in July 2024 against 103,291 for El Cajon, 2.7 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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