Colorado

Distance from Colorado Springs to Denver

Straight-line distance

62.1mi

Colorado Springs, CO and Denver, CO are 62.1 miles (100.0 km) apart in a straight line. From Colorado Springs, the shortest path starts out heading N (354°).

kilometers
100.0
nautical miles
54.0
heading from Colorado Springs
354° N
heading from Denver
174° S
Colorado SpringsDenver

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

How far Colorado Springs is from Denver

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Colorado Springs and Denver is 62.1 miles, 100.0 km or 54.0 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 62.1 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
62.1
Kilometers
100.0
Nautical miles
54.0
Bearing from Colorado Springs
354.1° N
Bearing arriving at Denver
354.0°
Bearing from Denver
174.0° S

Halfway between Colorado Springs and Denver

The great-circle midpoint is at 39.314616, -104.820515 (39°18'52.62"N 104°49'13.85"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Castle Rock, CO, with 83,213 residents, 4.6 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, Colorado Springs gets 14 h 54 min of daylight and Denver 14 h 59 min; on December 21, 9 h 27 min and 9 h 21 min. Denver is 0.89° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Denver has 1.5 times the population of Colorado Springs. From July 2020 to July 2024, Colorado Springs changed by +2.5% and Denver by +1.6%. Both are in Colorado.

  1. 01Colorado Springs, CO493,554 (+2.5%)
  2. 02Denver, CO729,019 (+1.6%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Colorado Springs from Denver?

62.1 miles, 100.0 km or 54.0 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Denver from Colorado Springs?

N. The great-circle path leaves Colorado Springs on a bearing of 354.1° and arrives at Denver on 354.0°. The return trip starts on 174.0°.

What is halfway between Colorado Springs and Denver?

The midpoint is at 39.314616, -104.820515. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Castle Rock, CO, 4.6 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Colorado Springs and Denver?

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

Which is bigger, Colorado Springs or Denver?

Denver, with 729,019 residents in July 2024 against 493,554 for Colorado Springs, 1.5 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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