California

Distance from El Monte to Palmdale

Straight-line distance

35.9mi

El Monte, CA and Palmdale, CA are 35.9 miles (57.9 km) apart in a straight line. From El Monte, the shortest path starts out heading N (353°).

kilometers
57.9
nautical miles
31.2
heading from El Monte
353° N
heading from Palmdale
173° S
El MontePalmdale

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

How far El Monte is from Palmdale

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of El Monte and Palmdale is 35.9 miles, 57.9 km or 31.2 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 35.9 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
35.9
Kilometers
57.9
Nautical miles
31.2
Bearing from El Monte
353.1° N
Bearing arriving at Palmdale
353.0°
Bearing from Palmdale
173.0° S

Halfway between El Monte and Palmdale

The great-circle midpoint is at 34.332806, -118.067133 (34°19'58.10"N 118°04'1.68"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Sierra Madre, CA, with 10,775 residents, 11.4 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 Palmdale 14 h 29 min; on December 21, 9 h 53 min and 9 h 50 min. Palmdale is 0.52° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Palmdale has 1.6 times the population of El Monte. From July 2020 to July 2024, El Monte changed by -4.1% and Palmdale by -3.8%. Both are in California.

  1. 01El Monte, CA104,639 (-4.1%)
  2. 02Palmdale, CA162,536 (-3.8%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is El Monte from Palmdale?

35.9 miles, 57.9 km or 31.2 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Palmdale from El Monte?

N. The great-circle path leaves El Monte on a bearing of 353.1° and arrives at Palmdale on 353.0°. The return trip starts on 173.0°.

What is halfway between El Monte and Palmdale?

The midpoint is at 34.332806, -118.067133. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Sierra Madre, CA, 11.4 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between El Monte and Palmdale?

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

Which is bigger, El Monte or Palmdale?

Palmdale, with 162,536 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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