Temecula, California

Temecula population, 2020 to 2024

Temecula added 2,347 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.1%. In the latest year it moved by +1,018. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 90th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Temecula is 3.0 times that size.

Temecula covers 37.18 square miles of land, for 3,024 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Temecula is less dense than the typical town.

What county Temecula is in

All of Temecula's residents live in Riverside County, which had 2,529,933 residents in 2024. Temecula holds 4.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Temecula

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Temecula by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 92590, 92591, 92592. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Temecula is

The Census internal point of Temecula is at 33.493100, -117.131700. Sacramento, the capital, is 427.4 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Murrieta, CA (112,539 people), 6.5 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 348 m (1,142 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Temecula

At 33.49° N, Temecula gets about 14 h 23 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 56 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 27 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Temecula daylight page.

Places near Temecula

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Murrieta, 6.5 miles away, with 112,539 people.