California

Distance from Garden Grove to Irvine

Straight-line distance

12.9mi

Garden Grove, CA and Irvine, CA are 12.9 miles (20.8 km) apart in a straight line. From Garden Grove, the shortest path starts out heading ESE (122°).

kilometers
20.8
nautical miles
11.2
heading from Garden Grove
122° ESE
heading from Irvine
303° WNW
Garden GroveIrvine

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

How far Garden Grove is from Irvine

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Garden Grove and Irvine is 12.9 miles, 20.8 km or 11.2 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 12.9 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
12.9
Kilometers
20.8
Nautical miles
11.2
Bearing from Garden Grove
122.5° ESE
Bearing arriving at Irvine
122.6°
Bearing from Irvine
302.6° WNW

Halfway between Garden Grove and Irvine

The great-circle midpoint is at 33.728636, -117.865845 (33°43'43.09"N 117°51'57.04"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Santa Ana, CA, with 316,184 residents, 1.1 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, Garden Grove gets 14 h 24 min of daylight and Irvine 14 h 24 min; on December 21, 9 h 54 min and 9 h 55 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Irvine has 1.8 times the population of Garden Grove. From July 2020 to July 2024, Garden Grove changed by +0.3% and Irvine by +3.3%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Garden Grove, CA172,361 (+0.3%)
  2. 02Irvine, CA318,683 (+3.3%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Garden Grove from Irvine?

12.9 miles, 20.8 km or 11.2 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Irvine from Garden Grove?

ESE. The great-circle path leaves Garden Grove on a bearing of 122.5° and arrives at Irvine on 122.6°. The return trip starts on 302.6°.

What is halfway between Garden Grove and Irvine?

The midpoint is at 33.728636, -117.865845. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Santa Ana, CA, 1.1 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Garden Grove and Irvine?

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

Which is bigger, Garden Grove or Irvine?

Irvine, with 318,683 residents in July 2024 against 172,361 for Garden Grove, 1.8 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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