California

Distance from El Monte to Lancaster

Straight-line distance

43.6mi

El Monte, CA and Lancaster, CA are 43.6 miles (70.1 km) apart in a straight line. From El Monte, the shortest path starts out heading N (349°).

kilometers
70.1
nautical miles
37.9
heading from El Monte
349° N
heading from Lancaster
169° S
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far El Monte is from Lancaster

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of El Monte and Lancaster is 43.6 miles, 70.1 km or 37.9 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 43.6 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
43.6
Kilometers
70.1
Nautical miles
37.9
Bearing from El Monte
349.0° N
Bearing arriving at Lancaster
348.9°
Bearing from Lancaster
168.9° S

Halfway between El Monte and Lancaster

The great-circle midpoint is at 34.384122, -118.101930 (34°23'2.84"N 118°06'6.95"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is La Cañada Flintridge, CA, with 19,621 residents, 13.3 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 Monte gets 14 h 26 min of daylight and Lancaster 14 h 29 min; on December 21, 9 h 53 min and 9 h 50 min. Lancaster is 0.62° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Lancaster has 1.6 times the population of El Monte. From July 2020 to July 2024, El Monte changed by -4.1% and Lancaster by -3.3%. Both are in California.

  1. 01El Monte, CA104,639 (-4.1%)
  2. 02Lancaster, CA167,426 (-3.3%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is El Monte from Lancaster?

43.6 miles, 70.1 km or 37.9 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Lancaster from El Monte?

N. The great-circle path leaves El Monte on a bearing of 349.0° and arrives at Lancaster on 348.9°. The return trip starts on 168.9°.

What is halfway between El Monte and Lancaster?

The midpoint is at 34.384122, -118.101930. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is La Cañada Flintridge, CA, 13.3 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between El Monte and Lancaster?

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

Which is bigger, El Monte or Lancaster?

Lancaster, with 167,426 residents in July 2024 against 104,639 for El Monte, 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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