Montana to Utah

Distance from Billings to Provo

Straight-line distance

413.6mi

Billings, MT and Provo, UT are 413.6 miles (665.6 km) apart in a straight line. From Billings, the shortest path starts out heading SSW (203°).

kilometers
665.6
nautical miles
359.4
heading from Billings
203° SSW
heading from Provo
21° NNE
BillingsProvo

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

How far Billings is from Provo

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Billings and Provo is 413.6 miles, 665.6 km or 359.4 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 413.6 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
413.6
Kilometers
665.6
Nautical miles
359.4
Bearing from Billings
203.3° SSW
Bearing arriving at Provo
201.1°
Bearing from Provo
21.1° NNE

Halfway between Billings and Provo

The great-circle midpoint is at 43.027288, -110.168665 (43°01'38.24"N 110°10'7.19"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Pinedale, WY, with 2,005 residents, 18.7 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 Provo 15 h 03 min; on December 21, 8 h 40 min and 9 h 18 min. Billings is 5.54° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Billings has 1.1 times the population of Provo. From July 2020 to July 2024, Billings changed by +3.6% and Provo by +0.3%. The trip crosses from Montana into Utah.

  1. 01Billings, MT121,483 (+3.6%)
  2. 02Provo, UT115,479 (+0.3%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Billings from Provo?

413.6 miles, 665.6 km or 359.4 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Provo from Billings?

SSW. The great-circle path leaves Billings on a bearing of 203.3° and arrives at Provo on 201.1°. The return trip starts on 21.1°.

What is halfway between Billings and Provo?

The midpoint is at 43.027288, -110.168665. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Pinedale, WY, 18.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Billings and Provo?

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

Which is bigger, Billings or Provo?

Billings, with 121,483 residents in July 2024 against 115,479 for Provo, 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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