California

Distance from Chula Vista to Murrieta

Straight-line distance

66.1mi

Chula Vista, CA and Murrieta, CA are 66.1 miles (106.4 km) apart in a straight line. From Chula Vista, the shortest path starts out heading N (351°).

kilometers
106.4
nautical miles
57.5
heading from Chula Vista
351° N
heading from Murrieta
171° S
Chula VistaMurrieta

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

How far Chula Vista is from Murrieta

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Chula Vista and Murrieta is 66.1 miles, 106.4 km or 57.5 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 66.1 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
66.1
Kilometers
106.4
Nautical miles
57.5
Bearing from Chula Vista
351.2° N
Bearing arriving at Murrieta
351.1°
Bearing from Murrieta
171.1° S

Halfway between Chula Vista and Murrieta

The great-circle midpoint is at 33.100481, -117.102627 (33°06'1.73"N 117°06'9.46"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Escondido, CA, with 148,847 residents, 2.8 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 Murrieta 14 h 23 min; on December 21, 10 h 00 min and 9 h 56 min. Murrieta is 0.95° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Chula Vista has 2.5 times the population of Murrieta. From July 2020 to July 2024, Chula Vista changed by +1.0% and Murrieta by +1.3%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Chula Vista, CA278,546 (+1.0%)
  2. 02Murrieta, CA112,539 (+1.3%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Chula Vista from Murrieta?

66.1 miles, 106.4 km or 57.5 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Murrieta from Chula Vista?

N. The great-circle path leaves Chula Vista on a bearing of 351.2° and arrives at Murrieta on 351.1°. The return trip starts on 171.1°.

What is halfway between Chula Vista and Murrieta?

The midpoint is at 33.100481, -117.102627. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Escondido, CA, 2.8 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Chula Vista and Murrieta?

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

Which is bigger, Chula Vista or Murrieta?

Chula Vista, with 278,546 residents in July 2024 against 112,539 for Murrieta, 2.5 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)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.