California

Distance from Long Beach to Torrance

Straight-line distance

11.3mi

Long Beach, CA and Torrance, CA are 11.3 miles (18.3 km) apart in a straight line. From Long Beach, the shortest path starts out heading WNW (288°).

kilometers
18.3
nautical miles
9.9
heading from Long Beach
288° WNW
heading from Torrance
108° ESE
Long BeachTorrance

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

How far Long Beach is from Torrance

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Long Beach and Torrance is 11.3 miles, 18.3 km or 9.9 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 11.3 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
11.3
Kilometers
18.3
Nautical miles
9.9
Bearing from Long Beach
287.7° WNW
Bearing arriving at Torrance
287.6°
Bearing from Torrance
107.6° ESE

Halfway between Long Beach and Torrance

The great-circle midpoint is at 33.805686, -118.262373 (33°48'20.47"N 118°15'44.54"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Carson, CA, with 91,358 residents, 2.5 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 Torrance 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 3.2 times the population of Torrance. From July 2020 to July 2024, Long Beach changed by -3.2% and Torrance by -4.7%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Long Beach, CA450,901 (-3.2%)
  2. 02Torrance, CA139,576 (-4.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Long Beach from Torrance?

11.3 miles, 18.3 km or 9.9 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Torrance from Long Beach?

WNW. The great-circle path leaves Long Beach on a bearing of 287.7° and arrives at Torrance on 287.6°. The return trip starts on 107.6°.

What is halfway between Long Beach and Torrance?

The midpoint is at 33.805686, -118.262373. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Carson, CA, 2.5 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Long Beach and Torrance?

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

Which is bigger, Long Beach or Torrance?

Long Beach, with 450,901 residents in July 2024 against 139,576 for Torrance, 3.2 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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