California

Distance from Rancho Cucamonga to Riverside

Straight-line distance

16.6mi

Rancho Cucamonga, CA and Riverside, CA are 16.6 miles (26.7 km) apart in a straight line. From Rancho Cucamonga, the shortest path starts out heading SE (143°).

kilometers
26.7
nautical miles
14.4
heading from Rancho Cucamonga
143° SE
heading from Riverside
323° NW
Rancho CucamongaRiverside

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

How far Rancho Cucamonga is from Riverside

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Rancho Cucamonga and Riverside is 16.6 miles, 26.7 km or 14.4 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 16.6 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
16.6
Kilometers
26.7
Nautical miles
14.4
Bearing from Rancho Cucamonga
143.2° SE
Bearing arriving at Riverside
143.3°
Bearing from Riverside
323.3° NW

Halfway between Rancho Cucamonga and Riverside

The great-circle midpoint is at 34.034230, -117.479552 (34°02'3.23"N 117°28'46.39"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Jurupa Valley, CA, with 108,154 residents, 2.3 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, Rancho Cucamonga gets 14 h 26 min of daylight and Riverside 14 h 25 min; on December 21, 9 h 53 min and 9 h 54 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Riverside has 1.8 times the population of Rancho Cucamonga. From July 2020 to July 2024, Rancho Cucamonga changed by +1.1% and Riverside by +2.6%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Rancho Cucamonga, CA176,675 (+1.1%)
  2. 02Riverside, CA323,757 (+2.6%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Rancho Cucamonga from Riverside?

16.6 miles, 26.7 km or 14.4 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Riverside from Rancho Cucamonga?

SE. The great-circle path leaves Rancho Cucamonga on a bearing of 143.2° and arrives at Riverside on 143.3°. The return trip starts on 323.3°.

What is halfway between Rancho Cucamonga and Riverside?

The midpoint is at 34.034230, -117.479552. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Jurupa Valley, CA, 2.3 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Rancho Cucamonga and Riverside?

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

Which is bigger, Rancho Cucamonga or Riverside?

Riverside, with 323,757 residents in July 2024 against 176,675 for Rancho Cucamonga, 1.8 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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