California

Distance from Chula Vista to Escondido

Straight-line distance

35.1mi

Chula Vista, CA and Escondido, CA are 35.1 miles (56.5 km) apart in a straight line. From Chula Vista, the shortest path starts out heading N (354°).

kilometers
56.5
nautical miles
30.5
heading from Chula Vista
354° N
heading from Escondido
174° S
Chula VistaEscondido

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

How far Chula Vista is from Escondido

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Chula Vista and Escondido is 35.1 miles, 56.5 km or 30.5 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 35.1 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
35.1
Kilometers
56.5
Nautical miles
30.5
Bearing from Chula Vista
354.4° N
Bearing arriving at Escondido
354.4°
Bearing from Escondido
174.4° S

Halfway between Chula Vista and Escondido

The great-circle midpoint is at 32.880403, -117.044516 (32°52'49.45"N 117°02'40.26"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Santee, CA, with 59,104 residents, 3.8 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 Escondido 14 h 21 min; on December 21, 10 h 00 min and 9 h 58 min. Escondido is 0.51° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Chula Vista has 1.9 times the population of Escondido. From July 2020 to July 2024, Chula Vista changed by +1.0% and Escondido by -1.5%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Chula Vista, CA278,546 (+1.0%)
  2. 02Escondido, CA148,847 (-1.5%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Chula Vista from Escondido?

35.1 miles, 56.5 km or 30.5 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Escondido from Chula Vista?

N. The great-circle path leaves Chula Vista on a bearing of 354.4° and arrives at Escondido on 354.4°. The return trip starts on 174.4°.

What is halfway between Chula Vista and Escondido?

The midpoint is at 32.880403, -117.044516. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Santee, CA, 3.8 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Chula Vista and Escondido?

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

Which is bigger, Chula Vista or Escondido?

Chula Vista, with 278,546 residents in July 2024 against 148,847 for Escondido, 1.9 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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