California

Distance from El Cajon to Temecula

Straight-line distance

48.8mi

El Cajon, CA and Temecula, CA are 48.8 miles (78.5 km) apart in a straight line. From El Cajon, the shortest path starts out heading NNW (348°).

kilometers
78.5
nautical miles
42.4
heading from El Cajon
348° NNW
heading from Temecula
168° SSE
El CajonTemecula

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

How far El Cajon is from Temecula

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of El Cajon and Temecula is 48.8 miles, 78.5 km or 42.4 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 48.8 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
48.8
Kilometers
78.5
Nautical miles
42.4
Bearing from El Cajon
348.3° NNW
Bearing arriving at Temecula
348.2°
Bearing from Temecula
168.2° SSE

Halfway between El Cajon and Temecula

The great-circle midpoint is at 33.147429, -117.045763 (33°08'50.75"N 117°02'44.75"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Escondido, CA, with 148,847 residents, 1.9 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 Temecula 14 h 23 min; on December 21, 9 h 59 min and 9 h 56 min. Temecula is 0.69° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Temecula has 1.1 times the population of El Cajon. From July 2020 to July 2024, El Cajon changed by -2.6% and Temecula by +2.1%. Both are in California.

  1. 01El Cajon, CA103,291 (-2.6%)
  2. 02Temecula, CA112,431 (+2.1%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is El Cajon from Temecula?

48.8 miles, 78.5 km or 42.4 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Temecula from El Cajon?

NNW. The great-circle path leaves El Cajon on a bearing of 348.3° and arrives at Temecula on 348.2°. The return trip starts on 168.2°.

What is halfway between El Cajon and Temecula?

The midpoint is at 33.147429, -117.045763. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Escondido, CA, 1.9 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between El Cajon and Temecula?

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

Which is bigger, El Cajon or Temecula?

Temecula, with 112,431 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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