Cities near Carlsbad

Carlsbad is a city of 114,746 inhabitants in United States. The most populous cities near Carlsbad within 100 km are Tijuana, San Diego, Anaheim. Distances are measured as the crow flies.

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Latitude: 33.1581° Longitude: -117.3506° Population: 114,746 Timezone: America/Los_Angeles

Nearby cities 116 cities found

Sorted by population, from largest to smallest. Distances are measured as the crow flies.

City	Country	Distance	Population
Tijuana	Mexico	79.8 km	1,922,523
San Diego	United States	52.2 km	1,404,452
Anaheim	United States	91.7 km	350,742
Riverside	United States	88.5 km	317,261
Santa Ana	United States	81.1 km	310,227
Chula Vista	United States	62.7 km	265,757
Irvine	United States	71.8 km	256,927
Moreno Valley	United States	87.4 km	204,198
Huntington Beach	United States	82.1 km	201,899
Oceanside	United States	5.0 km	175,691
Garden Grove	United States	87.7 km	175,393
Corona	United States	82.2 km	164,226
Escondido	United States	25.0 km	151,038
Orange	United States	84.1 km	140,992
Fullerton	United States	95.4 km	140,847
Costa Mesa	United States	75.3 km	113,204
Temecula	United States	41.8 km	110,003
Murrieta	United States	45.8 km	109,830
El Cajon	United States	54.2 km	103,679
Vista	United States	11.1 km	100,890
Rosarito	Mexico	93.1 km	100,660
Mission Viejo	United States	57.5 km	97,156
San Marcos	United States	17.2 km	92,931
Westminster	United States	90.4 km	92,114
Menifee	United States	66.2 km	87,174
Newport Beach	United States	74.2 km	87,127
Chino	United States	100.0 km	85,595
Hemet	United States	74.3 km	83,861
Buena Park	United States	99.1 km	83,270
Lake Forest	United States	62.8 km	82,492
Tustin	United States	78.9 km	80,583
Perris	United States	70.3 km	74,971
Mira Mesa	United States	33.1 km	70,000
Yorba Linda	United States	91.9 km	67,973
Laguna Niguel	United States	52.4 km	65,806
San Clemente	United States	38.5 km	65,526
Tecate	Mexico	94.0 km	64,764
Encinitas	United States	14.5 km	62,930
Lake Elsinore	United States	56.7 km	61,981
National City	United States	58.3 km	61,060
La Mesa	United States	53.1 km	60,089
Rancho Penasquitos	United States	31.1 km	60,000
Eastvale	United States	91.7 km	59,039
Santee	United States	50.0 km	57,787
Fountain Valley	United States	83.0 km	56,987
Placentia	United States	92.9 km	52,495
Aliso Viejo	United States	57.2 km	50,195
Poway	United States	36.5 km	50,157
Rancho Santa Margarita	United States	58.6 km	49,324
Cypress	United States	97.1 km	49,290
San Jacinto	United States	78.5 km	46,951
Beaumont	United States	92.5 km	43,811
La Jolla	United States	35.3 km	42,808
Brea	United States	98.5 km	41,944
Stanton	United States	93.2 km	38,872
San Juan Capistrano	United States	48.0 km	36,454
Wildomar	United States	49.5 km	35,632
Rubidoux	United States	93.3 km	34,280
Pórticos de San Antonio	Mexico	84.9 km	34,234
Dana Point	United States	47.1 km	34,181
La Presa	United States	59.9 km	34,169
Laguna Hills	United States	60.7 km	31,748
Banning	United States	96.0 km	30,945
Fallbrook	United States	26.0 km	30,534
Spring Valley	United States	56.5 km	28,205
Imperial Beach	United States	67.6 km	27,408
La Joya	Mexico	85.8 km	26,860
Lemon Grove	United States	55.0 km	26,709
Norco	United States	87.9 km	26,289
Woodbridge	United States	70.9 km	24,966
North Tustin	United States	79.0 km	24,917
Coronado	United States	54.8 km	24,812
Seal Beach	United States	95.4 km	24,619
Loma Linda	United States	99.3 km	24,045
Laguna Beach	United States	58.6 km	23,365
Westpark	United States	72.7 km	22,993
Ladera Ranch	United States	53.0 km	22,980
Northwood	United States	72.6 km	22,218
Jurupa Valley	United States	94.0 km	21,930
Tustin Legacy	United States	74.7 km	21,428
Rancho San Diego	United States	59.9 km	21,208
Lakeside	United States	52.1 km	20,648
Winter Gardens	United States	53.3 km	20,631
Terrazas del Valle	Mexico	89.2 km	20,421
Ramona	United States	46.8 km	20,292
Glen Avon	United States	95.7 km	20,199
Sun City	United States	62.9 km	19,579
Stonegate	United States	70.8 km	18,938
Casa de Oro-Mount Helix	United States	56.5 km	18,762
Mead Valley	United States	75.3 km	18,510
Villa del Prado 2da Sección	Mexico	89.0 km	18,226
East Hemet	United States	75.1 km	17,418
Laguna Woods	United States	61.1 km	16,406
El Camino Real	United States	71.8 km	15,999
UC Irvine	United States	70.3 km	15,807
Las Delicias	Mexico	91.6 km	15,486
Bostonia	United States	54.9 km	15,379
Coto De Caza	United States	54.2 km	14,866
Valle Vista	United States	78.1 km	14,578
Woodcrest	United States	80.5 km	14,347
Alpine	United States	65.3 km	14,236
Villa del Campo	Mexico	92.2 km	13,906
Solana Beach	United States	20.0 km	13,449
Pedley	United States	91.6 km	12,672
Bonita	United States	63.2 km	12,538
Grand Terrace	United States	97.4 km	12,464
Turtle Rock	United States	68.8 km	12,288
Foothill Ranch	United States	65.4 km	11,698
Home Gardens	United States	81.6 km	11,570
Lakeland Village	United States	53.4 km	11,541
Los Alamitos	United States	98.1 km	11,449
Canyon Lake	United States	59.0 km	11,080
Camp Pendleton South	United States	8.3 km	10,616
Rossmoor	United States	97.5 km	10,244
San Diego Country Estates	United States	55.4 km	10,109
Oak Creek	United States	69.4 km	10,018

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