California

Distance from El Cajon to Murrieta

Straight-line distance

54.9mi

El Cajon, CA and Murrieta, CA are 54.9 miles (88.4 km) apart in a straight line. From El Cajon, the shortest path starts out heading NNW (346°).

kilometers
88.4
nautical miles
47.7
heading from El Cajon
346° NNW
heading from Murrieta
166° SSE
El CajonMurrieta

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

How far El Cajon is from Murrieta

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of El Cajon and Murrieta is 54.9 miles, 88.4 km or 47.7 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 54.9 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
54.9
Kilometers
88.4
Nautical miles
47.7
Bearing from El Cajon
346.0° NNW
Bearing arriving at Murrieta
345.9°
Bearing from Murrieta
165.9° SSE

Halfway between El Cajon and Murrieta

The great-circle midpoint is at 33.187503, -117.075242 (33°11'15.01"N 117°04'30.87"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Escondido, CA, with 148,847 residents, 3.8 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 Murrieta 14 h 23 min; on December 21, 9 h 59 min and 9 h 56 min. Murrieta is 0.77° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Murrieta has 1.1 times the population of El Cajon. From July 2020 to July 2024, El Cajon changed by -2.6% and Murrieta by +1.3%. Both are in California.

  1. 01El Cajon, CA103,291 (-2.6%)
  2. 02Murrieta, CA112,539 (+1.3%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is El Cajon from Murrieta?

54.9 miles, 88.4 km or 47.7 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Murrieta from El Cajon?

NNW. The great-circle path leaves El Cajon on a bearing of 346.0° and arrives at Murrieta on 345.9°. The return trip starts on 165.9°.

What is halfway between El Cajon and Murrieta?

The midpoint is at 33.187503, -117.075242. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Escondido, CA, 3.8 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between El Cajon and Murrieta?

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

Which is bigger, El Cajon or Murrieta?

Murrieta, with 112,539 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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