California

Distance from Long Beach to Los Angeles

Straight-line distance

21.6mi

Long Beach, CA and Los Angeles, CA are 21.6 miles (34.7 km) apart in a straight line. From Long Beach, the shortest path starts out heading NW (320°).

kilometers
34.7
nautical miles
18.7
heading from Long Beach
320° NW
heading from Los Angeles
140° SE
Long BeachLos Angeles

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

How far Long Beach is from Los Angeles

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Long Beach and Los Angeles is 21.6 miles, 34.7 km or 18.7 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 21.6 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
21.6
Kilometers
34.7
Nautical miles
18.7
Bearing from Long Beach
319.9° NW
Bearing arriving at Los Angeles
319.8°
Bearing from Los Angeles
139.8° SE

Halfway between Long Beach and Los Angeles

The great-circle midpoint is at 33.900159, -118.289330 (33°54'0.57"N 118°17'21.59"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Gardena, CA, with 58,921 residents, 1.1 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, Long Beach gets 14 h 24 min of daylight and Los Angeles 14 h 25 min; on December 21, 9 h 54 min and 9 h 53 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Los Angeles has 8.6 times the population of Long Beach. From July 2020 to July 2024, Long Beach changed by -3.2% and Los Angeles by -0.5%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Long Beach, CA450,901 (-3.2%)
  2. 02Los Angeles, CA3,878,704 (-0.5%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Long Beach from Los Angeles?

21.6 miles, 34.7 km or 18.7 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Los Angeles from Long Beach?

NW. The great-circle path leaves Long Beach on a bearing of 319.9° and arrives at Los Angeles on 319.8°. The return trip starts on 139.8°.

What is halfway between Long Beach and Los Angeles?

The midpoint is at 33.900159, -118.289330. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Gardena, CA, 1.1 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Long Beach and Los Angeles?

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

Which is bigger, Long Beach or Los Angeles?

Los Angeles, with 3,878,704 residents in July 2024 against 450,901 for Long Beach, 8.6 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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