California

Distance from Inglewood to Long Beach

Straight-line distance

15.8mi

Inglewood, CA and Long Beach, CA are 15.8 miles (25.4 km) apart in a straight line. From Inglewood, the shortest path starts out heading SE (140°).

kilometers
25.4
nautical miles
13.7
heading from Inglewood
140° SE
heading from Long Beach
320° NW
InglewoodLong Beach

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

How far Inglewood is from Long Beach

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Inglewood and Long Beach is 15.8 miles, 25.4 km or 13.7 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 15.8 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
15.8
Kilometers
25.4
Nautical miles
13.7
Bearing from Inglewood
140.1° SE
Bearing arriving at Long Beach
140.2°
Bearing from Long Beach
320.2° NW

Halfway between Inglewood and Long Beach

The great-circle midpoint is at 33.868481, -118.256160 (33°52'6.53"N 118°15'22.17"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Carson, CA, with 91,358 residents, 2.0 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, Inglewood gets 14 h 25 min of daylight and Long Beach 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

Long Beach has 4.4 times the population of Inglewood. From July 2020 to July 2024, Inglewood changed by -4.3% and Long Beach by -3.2%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Inglewood, CA102,774 (-4.3%)
  2. 02Long Beach, CA450,901 (-3.2%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Inglewood from Long Beach?

15.8 miles, 25.4 km or 13.7 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Long Beach from Inglewood?

SE. The great-circle path leaves Inglewood on a bearing of 140.1° and arrives at Long Beach on 140.2°. The return trip starts on 320.2°.

What is halfway between Inglewood and Long Beach?

The midpoint is at 33.868481, -118.256160. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Carson, CA, 2.0 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Inglewood and Long Beach?

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

Which is bigger, Inglewood or Long Beach?

Long Beach, with 450,901 residents in July 2024 against 102,774 for Inglewood, 4.4 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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