California

Distance from Rialto to San Bernardino

Straight-line distance

5.7mi

Rialto, CA and San Bernardino, CA are 5.7 miles (9.1 km) apart in a straight line. From Rialto, the shortest path starts out heading ENE (73°).

kilometers
9.1
nautical miles
4.9
heading from Rialto
73° ENE
heading from San Bernardino
253° WSW
RialtoSan Bernardino

Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint

How far Rialto is from San Bernardino

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Rialto and San Bernardino is 5.7 miles, 9.1 km or 4.9 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 5.7 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
5.7
Kilometers
9.1
Nautical miles
4.9
Bearing from Rialto
73.1° ENE
Bearing arriving at San Bernardino
73.2°
Bearing from San Bernardino
253.2° WSW

Halfway between Rialto and San Bernardino

The great-circle midpoint is at 34.129259, -117.341907 (34°07'45.33"N 117°20'30.86"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Rialto, CA, with 104,918 residents, 2.8 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, Rialto gets 14 h 26 min of daylight and San Bernardino 14 h 26 min; on December 21, 9 h 53 min and 9 h 53 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

San Bernardino has 2.1 times the population of Rialto. From July 2020 to July 2024, Rialto changed by +0.9% and San Bernardino by +1.2%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Rialto, CA104,918 (+0.9%)
  2. 02San Bernardino, CA224,775 (+1.2%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Rialto from San Bernardino?

5.7 miles, 9.1 km or 4.9 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is San Bernardino from Rialto?

ENE. The great-circle path leaves Rialto on a bearing of 73.1° and arrives at San Bernardino on 73.2°. The return trip starts on 253.2°.

What is halfway between Rialto and San Bernardino?

The midpoint is at 34.129259, -117.341907. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Rialto, CA, 2.8 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Rialto and San Bernardino?

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

Which is bigger, Rialto or San Bernardino?

San Bernardino, with 224,775 residents in July 2024 against 104,918 for Rialto, 2.1 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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