California

Distance from Menifee to Rialto

Straight-line distance

31.8mi

Menifee, CA and Rialto, CA are 31.8 miles (51.2 km) apart in a straight line. From Menifee, the shortest path starts out heading NNW (338°).

kilometers
51.2
nautical miles
27.6
heading from Menifee
338° NNW
heading from Rialto
158° SSE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Menifee is from Rialto

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Menifee and Rialto is 31.8 miles, 51.2 km or 27.6 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 31.8 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
31.8
Kilometers
51.2
Nautical miles
27.6
Bearing from Menifee
338.4° NNW
Bearing arriving at Rialto
338.3°
Bearing from Rialto
158.3° SSE

Halfway between Menifee and Rialto

The great-circle midpoint is at 33.903692, -117.286543 (33°54'13.29"N 117°17'11.56"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Moreno Valley, CA, with 213,919 residents, 4.8 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, Menifee gets 14 h 24 min of daylight and Rialto 14 h 26 min; on December 21, 9 h 55 min and 9 h 53 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Menifee has 1.1 times the population of Rialto. From July 2020 to July 2024, Menifee changed by +13.4% and Rialto by +0.9%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Menifee, CA117,041 (+13.4%)
  2. 02Rialto, CA104,918 (+0.9%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Menifee from Rialto?

31.8 miles, 51.2 km or 27.6 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Rialto from Menifee?

NNW. The great-circle path leaves Menifee on a bearing of 338.4° and arrives at Rialto on 338.3°. The return trip starts on 158.3°.

What is halfway between Menifee and Rialto?

The midpoint is at 33.903692, -117.286543. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Moreno Valley, CA, 4.8 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Menifee and Rialto?

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

Which is bigger, Menifee or Rialto?

Menifee, with 117,041 residents in July 2024 against 104,918 for Rialto, 1.1 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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