California to Arizona

Distance from Chula Vista to Yuma

Straight-line distance

145.4mi

Chula Vista, CA and Yuma, AZ are 145.4 miles (234.0 km) apart in a straight line. From Chula Vista, the shortest path starts out heading E (92°).

kilometers
234.0
nautical miles
126.3
heading from Chula Vista
92° E
heading from Yuma
274° W
Chula VistaYuma

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

How far Chula Vista is from Yuma

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Chula Vista and Yuma is 145.4 miles, 234.0 km or 126.3 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 145.4 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
145.4
Kilometers
234.0
Nautical miles
126.3
Bearing from Chula Vista
92.4° E
Bearing arriving at Yuma
93.7°
Bearing from Yuma
273.7° W

Halfway between Chula Vista and Yuma

The great-circle midpoint is at 32.578154, -115.767726 (32°34'41.36"N 115°46'3.81"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Calexico, CA, with 38,744 residents, 17.5 miles from the midpoint. To find towns near the midpoint of any two places, use the halfway tool.

Time zones and daylight

Chula Vista uses America/Los_Angeles and Yuma uses America/Phoenix. In January Yuma is 1 hour ahead, and in July the same clock time, because only one of them observes daylight saving time. On June 21, Chula Vista gets 14 h 18 min of daylight and Yuma 14 h 17 min; on December 21, 10 h 00 min and 10 h 01 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 Yuma. From July 2020 to July 2024, Chula Vista changed by +1.0% and Yuma by +6.4%. The trip crosses from California into Arizona.

  1. 01Chula Vista, CA278,546 (+1.0%)
  2. 02Yuma, AZ103,559 (+6.4%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Chula Vista from Yuma?

145.4 miles, 234.0 km or 126.3 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Yuma from Chula Vista?

E. The great-circle path leaves Chula Vista on a bearing of 92.4° and arrives at Yuma on 93.7°. The return trip starts on 273.7°.

What is halfway between Chula Vista and Yuma?

The midpoint is at 32.578154, -115.767726. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Calexico, CA, 17.5 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Chula Vista and Yuma?

Chula Vista uses America/Los_Angeles and Yuma uses America/Phoenix. In January Yuma is 1 hour ahead, and in July the same clock time, because only one of them observes daylight saving time.

Which is bigger, Chula Vista or Yuma?

Chula Vista, with 278,546 residents in July 2024 against 103,559 for Yuma, 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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