New Mexico to Arizona

Distance from Las Cruces to Mesa

Straight-line distance

295.4mi

Las Cruces, NM and Mesa, AZ are 295.4 miles (475.4 km) apart in a straight line. From Las Cruces, the shortest path starts out heading WNW (286°).

kilometers
475.4
nautical miles
256.7
heading from Las Cruces
286° WNW
heading from Mesa
103° ESE
Las CrucesMesa

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

How far Las Cruces is from Mesa

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Las Cruces and Mesa is 295.4 miles, 475.4 km or 256.7 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 295.4 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
295.4
Kilometers
475.4
Nautical miles
256.7
Bearing from Las Cruces
285.9° WNW
Bearing arriving at Mesa
283.2°
Bearing from Mesa
103.2° ESE

Halfway between Las Cruces and Mesa

The great-circle midpoint is at 32.887649, -109.238172 (32°53'15.53"N 109°14'17.42"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Clifton, AZ, with 3,815 residents, 10.2 miles from the midpoint. To find towns near the midpoint of any two places, use the halfway tool.

Time zones and daylight

Las Cruces uses America/Denver and Mesa uses America/Phoenix. In January Mesa is the same clock time, and in July 1 hour behind, because only one of them observes daylight saving time. On June 21, Las Cruces gets 14 h 16 min of daylight and Mesa 14 h 22 min; on December 21, 10 h 02 min and 9 h 56 min. Mesa is 1.07° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Mesa has 4.4 times the population of Las Cruces. From July 2020 to July 2024, Las Cruces changed by +4.7% and Mesa by +2.2%. The trip crosses from New Mexico into Arizona.

  1. 01Las Cruces, NM116,998 (+4.7%)
  2. 02Mesa, AZ517,151 (+2.2%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Las Cruces from Mesa?

295.4 miles, 475.4 km or 256.7 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Mesa from Las Cruces?

WNW. The great-circle path leaves Las Cruces on a bearing of 285.9° and arrives at Mesa on 283.2°. The return trip starts on 103.2°.

What is halfway between Las Cruces and Mesa?

The midpoint is at 32.887649, -109.238172. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Clifton, AZ, 10.2 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Las Cruces and Mesa?

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

Which is bigger, Las Cruces or Mesa?

Mesa, with 517,151 residents in July 2024 against 116,998 for Las Cruces, 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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