California

Distance from Long Beach to Orange

Straight-line distance

17.6mi

Long Beach, CA and Orange, CA are 17.6 miles (28.4 km) apart in a straight line. From Long Beach, the shortest path starts out heading E (89°).

kilometers
28.4
nautical miles
15.3
heading from Long Beach
89° E
heading from Orange
269° W
Long BeachOrange

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

How far Long Beach is from Orange

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Long Beach and Orange is 17.6 miles, 28.4 km or 15.3 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 17.6 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
17.6
Kilometers
28.4
Nautical miles
15.3
Bearing from Long Beach
88.5° E
Bearing arriving at Orange
88.7°
Bearing from Orange
268.7° W

Halfway between Long Beach and Orange

The great-circle midpoint is at 33.783995, -118.014756 (33°47'2.38"N 118°00'53.12"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Stanton, CA, with 41,188 residents, 1.7 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, Long Beach gets 14 h 24 min of daylight and Orange 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 3.3 times the population of Orange. From July 2020 to July 2024, Long Beach changed by -3.2% and Orange by -1.1%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Long Beach, CA450,901 (-3.2%)
  2. 02Orange, CA137,941 (-1.1%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Long Beach from Orange?

17.6 miles, 28.4 km or 15.3 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Orange from Long Beach?

E. The great-circle path leaves Long Beach on a bearing of 88.5° and arrives at Orange on 88.7°. The return trip starts on 268.7°.

What is halfway between Long Beach and Orange?

The midpoint is at 33.783995, -118.014756. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Stanton, CA, 1.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Long Beach and Orange?

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

Which is bigger, Long Beach or Orange?

Long Beach, with 450,901 residents in July 2024 against 137,941 for Orange, 3.3 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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