California

Distance from Garden Grove to Torrance

Straight-line distance

23.0mi

Garden Grove, CA and Torrance, CA are 23.0 miles (37.1 km) apart in a straight line. From Garden Grove, the shortest path starts out heading W (279°).

kilometers
37.1
nautical miles
20.0
heading from Garden Grove
279° W
heading from Torrance
99° E
Garden GroveTorrance

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

How far Garden Grove is from Torrance

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Garden Grove and Torrance is 23.0 miles, 37.1 km or 20.0 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 23.0 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
23.0
Kilometers
37.1
Nautical miles
20.0
Bearing from Garden Grove
279.0° W
Bearing arriving at Torrance
278.8°
Bearing from Torrance
98.8° E

Halfway between Garden Grove and Torrance

The great-circle midpoint is at 33.804808, -118.158490 (33°48'17.31"N 118°09'30.56"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Signal Hill, CA, with 11,279 residents, 0.6 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, Garden Grove gets 14 h 24 min of daylight and Torrance 14 h 24 min; on December 21, 9 h 54 min and 9 h 54 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Garden Grove has 1.2 times the population of Torrance. From July 2020 to July 2024, Garden Grove changed by +0.3% and Torrance by -4.7%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Garden Grove, CA172,361 (+0.3%)
  2. 02Torrance, CA139,576 (-4.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Garden Grove from Torrance?

23.0 miles, 37.1 km or 20.0 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Torrance from Garden Grove?

W. The great-circle path leaves Garden Grove on a bearing of 279.0° and arrives at Torrance on 278.8°. The return trip starts on 98.8°.

What is halfway between Garden Grove and Torrance?

The midpoint is at 33.804808, -118.158490. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Signal Hill, CA, 0.6 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Garden Grove and Torrance?

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

Which is bigger, Garden Grove or Torrance?

Garden Grove, with 172,361 residents in July 2024 against 139,576 for Torrance, 1.2 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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