California

Distance from El Cajon to Menifee

Straight-line distance

62.7mi

El Cajon, CA and Menifee, CA are 62.7 miles (100.9 km) apart in a straight line. From El Cajon, the shortest path starts out heading NNW (348°).

kilometers
100.9
nautical miles
54.5
heading from El Cajon
348° NNW
heading from Menifee
168° SSE
El CajonMenifee

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

How far El Cajon is from Menifee

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of El Cajon and Menifee is 62.7 miles, 100.9 km or 54.5 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 62.7 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
62.7
Kilometers
100.9
Nautical miles
54.5
Bearing from El Cajon
348.2° NNW
Bearing arriving at Menifee
348.0°
Bearing from Menifee
168.0° SSE

Halfway between El Cajon and Menifee

The great-circle midpoint is at 33.245850, -117.071881 (33°14'45.06"N 117°04'18.77"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Escondido, CA, with 148,847 residents, 7.8 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, El Cajon gets 14 h 19 min of daylight and Menifee 14 h 24 min; on December 21, 9 h 59 min and 9 h 55 min. Menifee is 0.89° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Menifee has 1.1 times the population of El Cajon. From July 2020 to July 2024, El Cajon changed by -2.6% and Menifee by +13.4%. Both are in California.

  1. 01El Cajon, CA103,291 (-2.6%)
  2. 02Menifee, CA117,041 (+13.4%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is El Cajon from Menifee?

62.7 miles, 100.9 km or 54.5 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Menifee from El Cajon?

NNW. The great-circle path leaves El Cajon on a bearing of 348.2° and arrives at Menifee on 348.0°. The return trip starts on 168.0°.

What is halfway between El Cajon and Menifee?

The midpoint is at 33.245850, -117.071881. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Escondido, CA, 7.8 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between El Cajon and Menifee?

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

Which is bigger, El Cajon or Menifee?

Menifee, with 117,041 residents in July 2024 against 103,291 for El Cajon, 1.1 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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