California

Distance from Costa Mesa to Long Beach

Straight-line distance

16.7mi

Costa Mesa, CA and Long Beach, CA are 16.7 miles (26.9 km) apart in a straight line. From Costa Mesa, the shortest path starts out heading WNW (298°).

kilometers
26.9
nautical miles
14.5
heading from Costa Mesa
298° WNW
heading from Long Beach
118° ESE
Costa MesaLong Beach

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

How far Costa Mesa is from Long Beach

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Costa Mesa and Long Beach is 16.7 miles, 26.9 km or 14.5 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 16.7 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
16.7
Kilometers
26.9
Nautical miles
14.5
Bearing from Costa Mesa
298.4° WNW
Bearing arriving at Long Beach
298.3°
Bearing from Long Beach
118.3° ESE

Halfway between Costa Mesa and Long Beach

The great-circle midpoint is at 33.723416, -118.040164 (33°43'24.30"N 118°02'24.59"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Huntington Beach, CA, with 193,151 residents, 2.7 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 Long Beach 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

Long Beach has 4.1 times the population of Costa Mesa. From July 2020 to July 2024, Costa Mesa changed by -2.6% and Long Beach by -3.2%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Costa Mesa, CA109,131 (-2.6%)
  2. 02Long Beach, CA450,901 (-3.2%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Costa Mesa from Long Beach?

16.7 miles, 26.9 km or 14.5 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Long Beach from Costa Mesa?

WNW. The great-circle path leaves Costa Mesa on a bearing of 298.4° and arrives at Long Beach on 298.3°. The return trip starts on 118.3°.

What is halfway between Costa Mesa and Long Beach?

The midpoint is at 33.723416, -118.040164. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Huntington Beach, CA, 2.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Costa Mesa and Long Beach?

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

Which is bigger, Costa Mesa or Long Beach?

Long Beach, with 450,901 residents in July 2024 against 109,131 for Costa Mesa, 4.1 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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