Nevada to California

Distance from Las Vegas to San Bernardino

Straight-line distance

184.5mi

Las Vegas, NV and San Bernardino, CA are 184.5 miles (296.9 km) apart in a straight line. From Las Vegas, the shortest path starts out heading SW (219°).

kilometers
296.9
nautical miles
160.3
heading from Las Vegas
219° SW
heading from San Bernardino
38° NE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Las Vegas is from San Bernardino

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Las Vegas and San Bernardino is 184.5 miles, 296.9 km or 160.3 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 184.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
184.5
Kilometers
296.9
Nautical miles
160.3
Bearing from Las Vegas
219.0° SW
Bearing arriving at San Bernardino
217.8°
Bearing from San Bernardino
37.8° NE

Halfway between Las Vegas and San Bernardino

The great-circle midpoint is at 35.191536, -116.292374 (35°11'29.53"N 116°17'32.55"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Barstow, CA, with 24,897 residents, 48.0 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, Las Vegas gets 14 h 38 min of daylight and San Bernardino 14 h 26 min; on December 21, 9 h 41 min and 9 h 53 min. Las Vegas is 2.09° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Las Vegas has 3.0 times the population of San Bernardino. From July 2020 to July 2024, Las Vegas changed by +4.8% and San Bernardino by +1.2%. The trip crosses from Nevada into California.

  1. 01Las Vegas, NV678,922 (+4.8%)
  2. 02San Bernardino, CA224,775 (+1.2%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Las Vegas from San Bernardino?

184.5 miles, 296.9 km or 160.3 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is San Bernardino from Las Vegas?

SW. The great-circle path leaves Las Vegas on a bearing of 219.0° and arrives at San Bernardino on 217.8°. The return trip starts on 37.8°.

What is halfway between Las Vegas and San Bernardino?

The midpoint is at 35.191536, -116.292374. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Barstow, CA, 48.0 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Las Vegas and San Bernardino?

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

Which is bigger, Las Vegas or San Bernardino?

Las Vegas, with 678,922 residents in July 2024 against 224,775 for San Bernardino, 3.0 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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