California

Distance from Fontana to Victorville

Straight-line distance

29.5mi

Fontana, CA and Victorville, CA are 29.5 miles (47.6 km) apart in a straight line. From Fontana, the shortest path starts out heading NNE (12°).

kilometers
47.6
nautical miles
25.7
heading from Fontana
12° NNE
heading from Victorville
192° SSW
FontanaVictorville

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

How far Fontana is from Victorville

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Fontana and Victorville is 29.5 miles, 47.6 km or 25.7 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 29.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
29.5
Kilometers
47.6
Nautical miles
25.7
Bearing from Fontana
12.2° NNE
Bearing arriving at Victorville
12.2°
Bearing from Victorville
192.2° SSW

Halfway between Fontana and Victorville

The great-circle midpoint is at 34.318712, -117.408386 (34°19'7.36"N 117°24'30.19"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Hesperia, CA, with 101,836 residents, 7.6 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, Fontana gets 14 h 26 min of daylight and Victorville 14 h 28 min; on December 21, 9 h 53 min and 9 h 51 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Fontana has 1.6 times the population of Victorville. From July 2020 to July 2024, Fontana changed by +4.4% and Victorville by +4.5%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Fontana, CA218,455 (+4.4%)
  2. 02Victorville, CA140,721 (+4.5%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Fontana from Victorville?

29.5 miles, 47.6 km or 25.7 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Victorville from Fontana?

NNE. The great-circle path leaves Fontana on a bearing of 12.2° and arrives at Victorville on 12.2°. The return trip starts on 192.2°.

What is halfway between Fontana and Victorville?

The midpoint is at 34.318712, -117.408386. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Hesperia, CA, 7.6 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Fontana and Victorville?

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

Which is bigger, Fontana or Victorville?

Fontana, with 218,455 residents in July 2024 against 140,721 for Victorville, 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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