California

Distance from Escondido to Menifee

Straight-line distance

39.0mi

Escondido, CA and Menifee, CA are 39.0 miles (62.8 km) apart in a straight line. From Escondido, the shortest path starts out heading N (351°).

kilometers
62.8
nautical miles
33.9
heading from Escondido
351° N
heading from Menifee
171° S
EscondidoMenifee

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

How far Escondido is from Menifee

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Escondido and Menifee is 39.0 miles, 62.8 km or 33.9 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 39.0 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
39.0
Kilometers
62.8
Nautical miles
33.9
Bearing from Escondido
350.6° N
Bearing arriving at Menifee
350.6°
Bearing from Menifee
170.6° S

Halfway between Escondido and Menifee

The great-circle midpoint is at 33.411512, -117.129023 (33°24'41.44"N 117°07'44.48"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Temecula, CA, with 112,431 residents, 5.7 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, Escondido gets 14 h 21 min of daylight and Menifee 14 h 24 min; on December 21, 9 h 58 min and 9 h 55 min. Menifee is 0.56° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Escondido has 1.3 times the population of Menifee. From July 2020 to July 2024, Escondido changed by -1.5% and Menifee by +13.4%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Escondido, CA148,847 (-1.5%)
  2. 02Menifee, CA117,041 (+13.4%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Escondido from Menifee?

39.0 miles, 62.8 km or 33.9 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Menifee from Escondido?

N. The great-circle path leaves Escondido on a bearing of 350.6° and arrives at Menifee on 350.6°. The return trip starts on 170.6°.

What is halfway between Escondido and Menifee?

The midpoint is at 33.411512, -117.129023. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Temecula, CA, 5.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Escondido and Menifee?

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

Which is bigger, Escondido or Menifee?

Escondido, with 148,847 residents in July 2024 against 117,041 for Menifee, 1.3 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)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.