California

Distance from San Diego to Temecula

Straight-line distance

46.9mi

San Diego, CA and Temecula, CA are 46.9 miles (75.4 km) apart in a straight line. From San Diego, the shortest path starts out heading N (0°).

kilometers
75.4
nautical miles
40.7
heading from San Diego
0° N
heading from Temecula
180° S
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far San Diego is from Temecula

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of San Diego and Temecula is 46.9 miles, 75.4 km or 40.7 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 46.9 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
46.9
Kilometers
75.4
Nautical miles
40.7
Bearing from San Diego
0.3° N
Bearing arriving at Temecula
0.3°
Bearing from Temecula
180.3° S

Halfway between San Diego and Temecula

The great-circle midpoint is at 33.154050, -117.133658 (33°09'14.58"N 117°08'1.17"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is San Marcos, CA, with 96,620 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, San Diego gets 14 h 19 min of daylight and Temecula 14 h 23 min; on December 21, 9 h 59 min and 9 h 56 min. Temecula is 0.68° 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 Temecula. From July 2020 to July 2024, San Diego changed by +1.4% and Temecula by +2.1%. Both are in California.

  1. 01San Diego, CA1,404,452 (+1.4%)
  2. 02Temecula, CA112,431 (+2.1%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is San Diego from Temecula?

46.9 miles, 75.4 km or 40.7 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Temecula from San Diego?

N. The great-circle path leaves San Diego on a bearing of 0.3° and arrives at Temecula on 0.3°. The return trip starts on 180.3°.

What is halfway between San Diego and Temecula?

The midpoint is at 33.154050, -117.133658. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is San Marcos, CA, 2.5 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between San Diego and Temecula?

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

Which is bigger, San Diego or Temecula?

San Diego, with 1,404,452 residents in July 2024 against 112,431 for Temecula, 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.

  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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