Idaho to Utah

Distance from Boise City to Provo

Straight-line distance

330.4mi

Boise City, ID and Provo, UT are 330.4 miles (531.8 km) apart in a straight line. From Boise City, the shortest path starts out heading SE (133°).

kilometers
531.8
nautical miles
287.1
heading from Boise City
133° SE
heading from Provo
316° NW
Boise CityProvo

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

How far Boise City is from Provo

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Boise City and Provo is 330.4 miles, 531.8 km or 287.1 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 330.5 miles, 68 meters longer.

Measurements

Miles
330.4
Kilometers
531.8
Nautical miles
287.1
Bearing from Boise City
133.0° SE
Bearing arriving at Provo
136.0°
Bearing from Provo
316.0° NW

Halfway between Boise City and Provo

The great-circle midpoint is at 41.945088, -113.877152 (41°56'42.32"N 113°52'37.75"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Burley, ID, with 12,211 residents, 41.1 miles from the midpoint. To find towns near the midpoint of any two places, use the halfway tool.

Time zones and daylight

Boise City uses America/Boise and Provo uses America/Denver; Provo is the same clock time all year. On June 21, Boise City gets 15 h 26 min of daylight and Provo 15 h 03 min; on December 21, 8 h 56 min and 9 h 18 min. Boise City is 3.35° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Boise City has 2.1 times the population of Provo. From July 2020 to July 2024, Boise City changed by +0.8% and Provo by +0.3%. The trip crosses from Idaho into Utah.

  1. 01Boise City, ID237,963 (+0.8%)
  2. 02Provo, UT115,479 (+0.3%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Boise City from Provo?

330.4 miles, 531.8 km or 287.1 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Provo from Boise City?

SE. The great-circle path leaves Boise City on a bearing of 133.0° and arrives at Provo on 136.0°. The return trip starts on 316.0°.

What is halfway between Boise City and Provo?

The midpoint is at 41.945088, -113.877152. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Burley, ID, 41.1 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Boise City and Provo?

Boise City uses America/Boise and Provo uses America/Denver; Provo is the same clock time all year.

Which is bigger, Boise City or Provo?

Boise City, with 237,963 residents in July 2024 against 115,479 for Provo, 2.1 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)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.