Colorado

Distance from Aurora to Fort Collins

Straight-line distance

60.7mi

Aurora, CO and Fort Collins, CO are 60.7 miles (97.8 km) apart in a straight line. From Aurora, the shortest path starts out heading NNW (343°).

kilometers
97.8
nautical miles
52.8
heading from Aurora
343° NNW
heading from Fort Collins
162° SSE
AuroraFort Collins

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

How far Aurora is from Fort Collins

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Aurora and Fort Collins is 60.7 miles, 97.8 km or 52.8 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 60.7 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
60.7
Kilometers
97.8
Nautical miles
52.8
Bearing from Aurora
342.7° NNW
Bearing arriving at Fort Collins
342.5°
Bearing from Fort Collins
162.5° SSE

Halfway between Aurora and Fort Collins

The great-circle midpoint is at 40.128977, -104.891588 (40°07'44.32"N 104°53'29.72"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Firestone, CO, with 19,396 residents, 3.5 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/Denver, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Aurora gets 14 h 59 min of daylight and Fort Collins 15 h 05 min; on December 21, 9 h 21 min and 9 h 16 min. Fort Collins is 0.84° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Aurora has 2.4 times the population of Fort Collins. From July 2020 to July 2024, Aurora changed by +4.2% and Fort Collins by +0.5%. Both are in Colorado.

  1. 01Aurora, CO403,130 (+4.2%)
  2. 02Fort Collins, CO170,924 (+0.5%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Aurora from Fort Collins?

60.7 miles, 97.8 km or 52.8 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Fort Collins from Aurora?

NNW. The great-circle path leaves Aurora on a bearing of 342.7° and arrives at Fort Collins on 342.5°. The return trip starts on 162.5°.

What is halfway between Aurora and Fort Collins?

The midpoint is at 40.128977, -104.891588. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Firestone, CO, 3.5 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Aurora and Fort Collins?

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

Which is bigger, Aurora or Fort Collins?

Aurora, with 403,130 residents in July 2024 against 170,924 for Fort Collins, 2.4 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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