Montana to Utah

Distance from Billings to Salt Lake City

Straight-line distance

385.6mi

Billings, MT and Salt Lake City, UT are 385.6 miles (620.6 km) apart in a straight line. From Billings, the shortest path starts out heading SSW (207°).

kilometers
620.6
nautical miles
335.1
heading from Billings
207° SSW
heading from Salt Lake City
25° NNE
BillingsSalt Lake City

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

How far Billings is from Salt Lake City

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Billings and Salt Lake City is 385.6 miles, 620.6 km or 335.1 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 385.7 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
385.6
Kilometers
620.6
Nautical miles
335.1
Bearing from Billings
207.3° SSW
Bearing arriving at Salt Lake City
205.0°
Bearing from Salt Lake City
25.0° NNE

Halfway between Billings and Salt Lake City

The great-circle midpoint is at 43.295110, -110.311392 (43°17'42.39"N 110°18'41.01"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Jackson, WY, with 10,680 residents, 26.3 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 Salt Lake City 15 h 06 min; on December 21, 8 h 40 min and 9 h 15 min. Billings is 5.01° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Salt Lake City has 1.8 times the population of Billings. From July 2020 to July 2024, Billings changed by +3.6% and Salt Lake City by +8.5%. The trip crosses from Montana into Utah.

  1. 01Billings, MT121,483 (+3.6%)
  2. 02Salt Lake City, UT217,783 (+8.5%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Billings from Salt Lake City?

385.6 miles, 620.6 km or 335.1 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Salt Lake City from Billings?

SSW. The great-circle path leaves Billings on a bearing of 207.3° and arrives at Salt Lake City on 205.0°. The return trip starts on 25.0°.

What is halfway between Billings and Salt Lake City?

The midpoint is at 43.295110, -110.311392. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Jackson, WY, 26.3 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Billings and Salt Lake City?

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

Which is bigger, Billings or Salt Lake City?

Salt Lake City, with 217,783 residents in July 2024 against 121,483 for Billings, 1.8 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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