California

Distance from Costa Mesa to Garden Grove

Straight-line distance

8.3mi

Costa Mesa, CA and Garden Grove, CA are 8.3 miles (13.3 km) apart in a straight line. From Costa Mesa, the shortest path starts out heading NNW (340°).

kilometers
13.3
nautical miles
7.2
heading from Costa Mesa
340° NNW
heading from Garden Grove
160° SSE
Costa MesaGarden Grove

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

How far Costa Mesa is from Garden Grove

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Costa Mesa and Garden Grove is 8.3 miles, 13.3 km or 7.2 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 8.3 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
8.3
Kilometers
13.3
Nautical miles
7.2
Bearing from Costa Mesa
340.5° NNW
Bearing arriving at Garden Grove
340.4°
Bearing from Garden Grove
160.4° SSE

Halfway between Costa Mesa and Garden Grove

The great-circle midpoint is at 33.722352, -117.936384 (33°43'20.47"N 117°56'10.98"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Fountain Valley, CA, with 56,036 residents, 1.2 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 Garden Grove 14 h 24 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

Garden Grove has 1.6 times the population of Costa Mesa. From July 2020 to July 2024, Costa Mesa changed by -2.6% and Garden Grove by +0.3%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Costa Mesa, CA109,131 (-2.6%)
  2. 02Garden Grove, CA172,361 (+0.3%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Costa Mesa from Garden Grove?

8.3 miles, 13.3 km or 7.2 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Garden Grove from Costa Mesa?

NNW. The great-circle path leaves Costa Mesa on a bearing of 340.5° and arrives at Garden Grove on 340.4°. The return trip starts on 160.4°.

What is halfway between Costa Mesa and Garden Grove?

The midpoint is at 33.722352, -117.936384. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Fountain Valley, CA, 1.2 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Costa Mesa and Garden Grove?

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

Which is bigger, Costa Mesa or Garden Grove?

Garden Grove, with 172,361 residents in July 2024 against 109,131 for Costa Mesa, 1.6 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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