California
Distance from Murrieta to San Diego
Straight-line distance
52.5mi
Murrieta, CA and San Diego, CA are 52.5 miles (84.5 km) apart in a straight line. From Murrieta, the shortest path starts out heading S (176°).
- kilometers
- 84.5
- nautical miles
- 45.6
- heading from Murrieta
- 176° S
- heading from San Diego
- 357° N
Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders
How far Murrieta is from San Diego
The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Murrieta and San Diego is 52.5 miles, 84.5 km or 45.6 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 52.5 miles, practically the same at this range.
Measurements
- Miles
- 52.5
- Kilometers
- 84.5
- Nautical miles
- 45.6
- Bearing from Murrieta
- 176.5° S
- Bearing arriving at San Diego
- 176.5°
- Bearing from San Diego
- 356.5° N
Halfway between Murrieta and San Diego
The great-circle midpoint is at 33.194103, -117.163180 (33°11'38.77"N 117°09'47.45"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is San Marcos, CA, with 96,620 residents, 4.3 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, Murrieta gets 14 h 23 min of daylight and San Diego 14 h 19 min; on December 21, 9 h 56 min and 9 h 59 min. Murrieta is 0.76° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.
Population compared
San Diego has 12.5 times the population of Murrieta. From July 2020 to July 2024, Murrieta changed by +1.3% and San Diego by +1.4%. Both are in California.
- 01Murrieta, CA112,539 (+1.3%)
- 02San Diego, CA1,404,452 (+1.4%)
Questions people ask
How far is Murrieta from San Diego?
52.5 miles, 84.5 km or 45.6 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.
Which direction is San Diego from Murrieta?
S. The great-circle path leaves Murrieta on a bearing of 176.5° and arrives at San Diego on 176.5°. The return trip starts on 356.5°.
What is halfway between Murrieta and San Diego?
The midpoint is at 33.194103, -117.163180. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is San Marcos, CA, 4.3 miles from it.
Is there a time difference between Murrieta and San Diego?
Both use America/Los_Angeles, so there is no time difference.
Which is bigger, Murrieta or San Diego?
San Diego, with 1,404,452 residents in July 2024 against 112,539 for Murrieta, 12.5 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.