California

Distance from Huntington Beach to Irvine

Straight-line distance

13.4mi

Huntington Beach, CA and Irvine, CA are 13.4 miles (21.6 km) apart in a straight line. From Huntington Beach, the shortest path starts out heading E (96°).

kilometers
21.6
nautical miles
11.7
heading from Huntington Beach
96° E
heading from Irvine
276° W
Huntington BeachIrvine

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

How far Huntington Beach is from Irvine

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Huntington Beach and Irvine is 13.4 miles, 21.6 km or 11.7 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 13.4 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
13.4
Kilometers
21.6
Nautical miles
11.7
Bearing from Huntington Beach
95.7° E
Bearing arriving at Irvine
95.8°
Bearing from Irvine
275.8° W

Halfway between Huntington Beach and Irvine

The great-circle midpoint is at 33.688254, -117.887537 (33°41'17.72"N 117°53'15.13"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Costa Mesa, CA, with 109,131 residents, 2.1 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, Huntington Beach gets 14 h 24 min of daylight and Irvine 14 h 24 min; on December 21, 9 h 55 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 1.6 times the population of Huntington Beach. From July 2020 to July 2024, Huntington Beach changed by -2.7% and Irvine by +3.3%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Huntington Beach, CA193,151 (-2.7%)
  2. 02Irvine, CA318,683 (+3.3%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Huntington Beach from Irvine?

13.4 miles, 21.6 km or 11.7 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Irvine from Huntington Beach?

E. The great-circle path leaves Huntington Beach on a bearing of 95.7° and arrives at Irvine on 95.8°. The return trip starts on 275.8°.

What is halfway between Huntington Beach and Irvine?

The midpoint is at 33.688254, -117.887537. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Costa Mesa, CA, 2.1 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Huntington Beach and Irvine?

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

Which is bigger, Huntington Beach or Irvine?

Irvine, with 318,683 residents in July 2024 against 193,151 for Huntington Beach, 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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