Montana to Colorado

Distance from Billings to Greeley

Straight-line distance

417.1mi

Billings, MT and Greeley, CO are 417.1 miles (671.3 km) apart in a straight line. From Billings, the shortest path starts out heading SSE (152°).

kilometers
671.3
nautical miles
362.5
heading from Billings
152° SSE
heading from Greeley
334° NNW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Billings is from Greeley

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Billings and Greeley is 417.1 miles, 671.3 km or 362.5 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 417.2 miles, 60 meters longer.

Measurements

Miles
417.1
Kilometers
671.3
Nautical miles
362.5
Bearing from Billings
151.5° SSE
Bearing arriving at Greeley
154.1°
Bearing from Greeley
334.1° NNW

Halfway between Billings and Greeley

The great-circle midpoint is at 43.118069, -106.579908 (43°07'5.05"N 106°34'47.67"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Bar Nunn, WY, with 3,019 residents, 18.0 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, Billings gets 15 h 44 min of daylight and Greeley 15 h 04 min; on December 21, 8 h 40 min and 9 h 17 min. Billings is 5.37° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Billings has 1.1 times the population of Greeley. From July 2020 to July 2024, Billings changed by +3.6% and Greeley by +4.6%. The trip crosses from Montana into Colorado.

  1. 01Billings, MT121,483 (+3.6%)
  2. 02Greeley, CO114,363 (+4.6%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Billings from Greeley?

417.1 miles, 671.3 km or 362.5 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Greeley from Billings?

SSE. The great-circle path leaves Billings on a bearing of 151.5° and arrives at Greeley on 154.1°. The return trip starts on 334.1°.

What is halfway between Billings and Greeley?

The midpoint is at 43.118069, -106.579908. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Bar Nunn, WY, 18.0 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Billings and Greeley?

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

Which is bigger, Billings or Greeley?

Billings, with 121,483 residents in July 2024 against 114,363 for Greeley, 1.1 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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