California

Distance from Costa Mesa to Fullerton

Straight-line distance

15.2mi

Costa Mesa, CA and Fullerton, CA are 15.2 miles (24.5 km) apart in a straight line. From Costa Mesa, the shortest path starts out heading N (357°).

kilometers
24.5
nautical miles
13.2
heading from Costa Mesa
357° N
heading from Fullerton
177° S
Costa MesaFullerton

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

How far Costa Mesa is from Fullerton

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Costa Mesa and Fullerton is 15.2 miles, 24.5 km or 13.2 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 15.2 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
15.2
Kilometers
24.5
Nautical miles
13.2
Bearing from Costa Mesa
356.6° N
Bearing arriving at Fullerton
356.6°
Bearing from Fullerton
176.6° S

Halfway between Costa Mesa and Fullerton

The great-circle midpoint is at 33.775800, -117.920140 (33°46'32.88"N 117°55'12.50"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Garden Grove, CA, with 172,361 residents, 2.3 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, Costa Mesa gets 14 h 24 min of daylight and Fullerton 14 h 25 min; on December 21, 9 h 55 min and 9 h 54 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Fullerton has 1.3 times the population of Costa Mesa. From July 2020 to July 2024, Costa Mesa changed by -2.6% and Fullerton by -2.3%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Costa Mesa, CA109,131 (-2.6%)
  2. 02Fullerton, CA140,054 (-2.3%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Costa Mesa from Fullerton?

15.2 miles, 24.5 km or 13.2 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Fullerton from Costa Mesa?

N. The great-circle path leaves Costa Mesa on a bearing of 356.6° and arrives at Fullerton on 356.6°. The return trip starts on 176.6°.

What is halfway between Costa Mesa and Fullerton?

The midpoint is at 33.775800, -117.920140. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Garden Grove, CA, 2.3 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Costa Mesa and Fullerton?

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

Which is bigger, Costa Mesa or Fullerton?

Fullerton, with 140,054 residents in July 2024 against 109,131 for Costa Mesa, 1.3 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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