California

Distance from Chula Vista to San Diego

Straight-line distance

14.7mi

Chula Vista, CA and San Diego, CA are 14.7 miles (23.7 km) apart in a straight line. From Chula Vista, the shortest path starts out heading NNW (332°).

kilometers
23.7
nautical miles
12.8
heading from Chula Vista
332° NNW
heading from San Diego
152° SSE
Chula VistaSan Diego

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

How far Chula Vista is from San Diego

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Chula Vista and San Diego is 14.7 miles, 23.7 km or 12.8 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 14.7 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
14.7
Kilometers
23.7
Nautical miles
12.8
Bearing from Chula Vista
331.6° NNW
Bearing arriving at San Diego
331.6°
Bearing from San Diego
151.6° SSE

Halfway between Chula Vista and San Diego

The great-circle midpoint is at 32.721364, -117.075337 (32°43'16.91"N 117°04'31.21"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Lemon Grove, CA, with 27,867 residents, 2.5 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 San Diego 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

San Diego has 5.0 times the population of Chula Vista. From July 2020 to July 2024, Chula Vista changed by +1.0% and San Diego by +1.4%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Chula Vista, CA278,546 (+1.0%)
  2. 02San Diego, CA1,404,452 (+1.4%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Chula Vista from San Diego?

14.7 miles, 23.7 km or 12.8 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is San Diego from Chula Vista?

NNW. The great-circle path leaves Chula Vista on a bearing of 331.6° and arrives at San Diego on 331.6°. The return trip starts on 151.6°.

What is halfway between Chula Vista and San Diego?

The midpoint is at 32.721364, -117.075337. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Lemon Grove, CA, 2.5 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Chula Vista and San Diego?

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

Which is bigger, Chula Vista or San Diego?

San Diego, with 1,404,452 residents in July 2024 against 278,546 for Chula Vista, 5.0 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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