California

Distance from Glendale to Lancaster

Straight-line distance

35.6mi

Glendale, CA and Lancaster, CA are 35.6 miles (57.3 km) apart in a straight line. From Glendale, the shortest path starts out heading N (6°).

kilometers
57.3
nautical miles
31.0
heading from Glendale
6° N
heading from Lancaster
186° S
GlendaleLancaster

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

How far Glendale is from Lancaster

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Glendale and Lancaster is 35.6 miles, 57.3 km or 31.0 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 35.6 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
35.6
Kilometers
57.3
Nautical miles
31.0
Bearing from Glendale
6.5° N
Bearing arriving at Lancaster
6.5°
Bearing from Lancaster
186.5° S

Halfway between Glendale and Lancaster

The great-circle midpoint is at 34.437505, -118.210658 (34°26'15.02"N 118°12'38.37"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Palmdale, CA, with 162,536 residents, 12.2 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, Glendale gets 14 h 26 min of daylight and Lancaster 14 h 29 min; on December 21, 9 h 52 min and 9 h 50 min. Lancaster is 0.51° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Glendale has 1.1 times the population of Lancaster. From July 2020 to July 2024, Glendale changed by -4.1% and Lancaster by -3.3%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Glendale, CA187,823 (-4.1%)
  2. 02Lancaster, CA167,426 (-3.3%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Glendale from Lancaster?

35.6 miles, 57.3 km or 31.0 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Lancaster from Glendale?

N. The great-circle path leaves Glendale on a bearing of 6.5° and arrives at Lancaster on 6.5°. The return trip starts on 186.5°.

What is halfway between Glendale and Lancaster?

The midpoint is at 34.437505, -118.210658. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Palmdale, CA, 12.2 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Glendale and Lancaster?

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

Which is bigger, Glendale or Lancaster?

Glendale, with 187,823 residents in July 2024 against 167,426 for Lancaster, 1.1 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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