Arizona

Distance from Buckeye to Yuma

Straight-line distance

126.0mi

Buckeye, AZ and Yuma, AZ are 126.0 miles (202.8 km) apart in a straight line. From Buckeye, the shortest path starts out heading WSW (240°).

kilometers
202.8
nautical miles
109.5
heading from Buckeye
240° WSW
heading from Yuma
59° ENE
BuckeyeYuma

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

How far Buckeye is from Yuma

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Buckeye and Yuma is 126.0 miles, 202.8 km or 109.5 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 126.0 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
126.0
Kilometers
202.8
Nautical miles
109.5
Bearing from Buckeye
240.4° WSW
Bearing arriving at Yuma
239.4°
Bearing from Yuma
59.4° ENE

Halfway between Buckeye and Yuma

The great-circle midpoint is at 32.977472, -113.586572 (32°58'38.90"N 113°35'11.66"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Wellton, AZ, with 2,648 residents, 43.3 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/Phoenix, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Buckeye gets 14 h 22 min of daylight and Yuma 14 h 17 min; on December 21, 9 h 56 min and 10 h 01 min. Buckeye is 0.92° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Buckeye has 1.1 times the population of Yuma. From July 2020 to July 2024, Buckeye changed by +22.0% and Yuma by +6.4%. Both are in Arizona.

  1. 01Buckeye, AZ114,334 (+22.0%)
  2. 02Yuma, AZ103,559 (+6.4%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Buckeye from Yuma?

126.0 miles, 202.8 km or 109.5 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Yuma from Buckeye?

WSW. The great-circle path leaves Buckeye on a bearing of 240.4° and arrives at Yuma on 239.4°. The return trip starts on 59.4°.

What is halfway between Buckeye and Yuma?

The midpoint is at 32.977472, -113.586572. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Wellton, AZ, 43.3 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Buckeye and Yuma?

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

Which is bigger, Buckeye or Yuma?

Buckeye, with 114,334 residents in July 2024 against 103,559 for Yuma, 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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