California

Distance from Lancaster to Pasadena

Straight-line distance

36.9mi

Lancaster, CA and Pasadena, CA are 36.9 miles (59.4 km) apart in a straight line. From Lancaster, the shortest path starts out heading S (177°).

kilometers
59.4
nautical miles
32.1
heading from Lancaster
177° S
heading from Pasadena
357° N
LancasterPasadena

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

How far Lancaster is from Pasadena

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Lancaster and Pasadena is 36.9 miles, 59.4 km or 32.1 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 36.9 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
36.9
Kilometers
59.4
Nautical miles
32.1
Bearing from Lancaster
176.7° S
Bearing arriving at Pasadena
176.7°
Bearing from Pasadena
356.7° N

Halfway between Lancaster and Pasadena

The great-circle midpoint is at 34.427101, -118.156591 (34°25'37.57"N 118°09'23.73"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Palmdale, CA, with 162,536 residents, 11.7 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, Lancaster gets 14 h 29 min of daylight and Pasadena 14 h 26 min; on December 21, 9 h 50 min and 9 h 52 min. Lancaster is 0.53° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Lancaster has 1.2 times the population of Pasadena. From July 2020 to July 2024, Lancaster changed by -3.3% and Pasadena by -1.6%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Lancaster, CA167,426 (-3.3%)
  2. 02Pasadena, CA137,195 (-1.6%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Lancaster from Pasadena?

36.9 miles, 59.4 km or 32.1 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Pasadena from Lancaster?

S. The great-circle path leaves Lancaster on a bearing of 176.7° and arrives at Pasadena on 176.7°. The return trip starts on 356.7°.

What is halfway between Lancaster and Pasadena?

The midpoint is at 34.427101, -118.156591. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Palmdale, CA, 11.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Lancaster and Pasadena?

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

Which is bigger, Lancaster or Pasadena?

Lancaster, with 167,426 residents in July 2024 against 137,195 for Pasadena, 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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