California
Distance from Long Beach to Santa Ana
Straight-line distance
16.7mi
Long Beach, CA and Santa Ana, CA are 16.7 miles (26.8 km) apart in a straight line. From Long Beach, the shortest path starts out heading E (101°).
- kilometers
- 26.8
- nautical miles
- 14.5
- heading from Long Beach
- 101° E
- heading from Santa Ana
- 281° W
Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders
How far Long Beach is from Santa Ana
The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Long Beach and Santa Ana is 16.7 miles, 26.8 km or 14.5 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 16.7 miles, practically the same at this range.
Measurements
- Miles
- 16.7
- Kilometers
- 26.8
- Nautical miles
- 14.5
- Bearing from Long Beach
- 100.5° E
- Bearing arriving at Santa Ana
- 100.7°
- Bearing from Santa Ana
- 280.7° W
Halfway between Long Beach and Santa Ana
The great-circle midpoint is at 33.758632, -118.025513 (33°45'31.08"N 118°01'31.85"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Westminster, CA, with 89,537 residents, 1.9 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 Santa Ana 14 h 24 min; on December 21, 9 h 54 min and 9 h 55 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.
Population compared
Long Beach has 1.4 times the population of Santa Ana. From July 2020 to July 2024, Long Beach changed by -3.2% and Santa Ana by +1.6%. Both are in California.
- 01Long Beach, CA450,901 (-3.2%)
- 02Santa Ana, CA316,184 (+1.6%)
Questions people ask
How far is Long Beach from Santa Ana?
16.7 miles, 26.8 km or 14.5 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.
Which direction is Santa Ana from Long Beach?
E. The great-circle path leaves Long Beach on a bearing of 100.5° and arrives at Santa Ana on 100.7°. The return trip starts on 280.7°.
What is halfway between Long Beach and Santa Ana?
The midpoint is at 33.758632, -118.025513. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Westminster, CA, 1.9 miles from it.
Is there a time difference between Long Beach and Santa Ana?
Both use America/Los_Angeles, so there is no time difference.
Which is bigger, Long Beach or Santa Ana?
Long Beach, with 450,901 residents in July 2024 against 316,184 for Santa Ana, 1.4 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.
- 01Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 02Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 03SunCalc library (Vladimir Agafonkin), algorithms after Jean Meeus
- 04IANA time zone database (clock times and daylight saving rules)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.