Arizona to New Mexico

Distance from Gilbert to Las Cruces

Straight-line distance

295.5mi

Gilbert, AZ and Las Cruces, NM are 295.5 miles (475.6 km) apart in a straight line. From Gilbert, the shortest path starts out heading ESE (102°).

kilometers
475.6
nautical miles
256.8
heading from Gilbert
102° ESE
heading from Las Cruces
285° WNW
GilbertLas Cruces

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

How far Gilbert is from Las Cruces

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Gilbert and Las Cruces is 295.5 miles, 475.6 km or 256.8 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 295.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
295.5
Kilometers
475.6
Nautical miles
256.8
Bearing from Gilbert
101.9° ESE
Bearing arriving at Las Cruces
104.6°
Bearing from Las Cruces
284.6° WNW

Halfway between Gilbert and Las Cruces

The great-circle midpoint is at 32.842743, -109.252677 (32°50'33.87"N 109°15'9.64"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Clifton, AZ, with 3,815 residents, 13.0 miles from the midpoint. To find towns near the midpoint of any two places, use the halfway tool.

Time zones and daylight

Gilbert uses America/Phoenix and Las Cruces uses America/Denver. In January Las Cruces is the same clock time, and in July 1 hour ahead, because only one of them observes daylight saving time. On June 21, Gilbert gets 14 h 22 min of daylight and Las Cruces 14 h 16 min; on December 21, 9 h 57 min and 10 h 02 min. Gilbert is 0.98° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Gilbert has 2.5 times the population of Las Cruces. From July 2020 to July 2024, Gilbert changed by +7.2% and Las Cruces by +4.7%. The trip crosses from Arizona into New Mexico.

  1. 01Gilbert, AZ288,790 (+7.2%)
  2. 02Las Cruces, NM116,998 (+4.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Gilbert from Las Cruces?

295.5 miles, 475.6 km or 256.8 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Las Cruces from Gilbert?

ESE. The great-circle path leaves Gilbert on a bearing of 101.9° and arrives at Las Cruces on 104.6°. The return trip starts on 284.6°.

What is halfway between Gilbert and Las Cruces?

The midpoint is at 32.842743, -109.252677. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Clifton, AZ, 13.0 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Gilbert and Las Cruces?

Gilbert uses America/Phoenix and Las Cruces uses America/Denver. In January Las Cruces is the same clock time, and in July 1 hour ahead, because only one of them observes daylight saving time.

Which is bigger, Gilbert or Las Cruces?

Gilbert, with 288,790 residents in July 2024 against 116,998 for Las Cruces, 2.5 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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