Montana to Utah

Distance from Billings to West Jordan

Straight-line distance

398.1mi

Billings, MT and West Jordan, UT are 398.1 miles (640.7 km) apart in a straight line. From Billings, the shortest path starts out heading SSW (207°).

kilometers
640.7
nautical miles
345.9
heading from Billings
207° SSW
heading from West Jordan
25° NNE
BillingsWest Jordan

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

How far Billings is from West Jordan

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Billings and West Jordan is 398.1 miles, 640.7 km or 345.9 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 398.1 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
398.1
Kilometers
640.7
Nautical miles
345.9
Bearing from Billings
207.1° SSW
Bearing arriving at West Jordan
204.7°
Bearing from West Jordan
24.7° NNE

Halfway between Billings and West Jordan

The great-circle midpoint is at 43.208528, -110.350243 (43°12'30.70"N 110°21'0.87"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Jackson, WY, with 10,680 residents, 28.1 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 West Jordan 15 h 05 min; on December 21, 8 h 40 min and 9 h 16 min. Billings is 5.19° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Billings has 1.0 times the population of West Jordan. From July 2020 to July 2024, Billings changed by +3.6% and West Jordan by -0.3%. The trip crosses from Montana into Utah.

  1. 01Billings, MT121,483 (+3.6%)
  2. 02West Jordan, UT116,688 (-0.3%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Billings from West Jordan?

398.1 miles, 640.7 km or 345.9 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is West Jordan from Billings?

SSW. The great-circle path leaves Billings on a bearing of 207.1° and arrives at West Jordan on 204.7°. The return trip starts on 24.7°.

What is halfway between Billings and West Jordan?

The midpoint is at 43.208528, -110.350243. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Jackson, WY, 28.1 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Billings and West Jordan?

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

Which is bigger, Billings or West Jordan?

Billings, with 121,483 residents in July 2024 against 116,688 for West Jordan, 1.0 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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