Texas

Distance from Dallas to Grand Prairie

Straight-line distance

16.5mi

Dallas, TX and Grand Prairie, TX are 16.5 miles (26.6 km) apart in a straight line. From Dallas, the shortest path starts out heading WSW (243°).

kilometers
26.6
nautical miles
14.4
heading from Dallas
243° WSW
heading from Grand Prairie
63° ENE
DallasGrand Prairie

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

How far Dallas is from Grand Prairie

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Dallas and Grand Prairie is 16.5 miles, 26.6 km or 14.4 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 16.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
16.5
Kilometers
26.6
Nautical miles
14.4
Bearing from Dallas
243.5° WSW
Bearing arriving at Grand Prairie
243.3°
Bearing from Grand Prairie
63.3° ENE

Halfway between Dallas and Grand Prairie

The great-circle midpoint is at 32.739764, -96.893726 (32°44'23.15"N 96°53'37.42"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Cockrell Hill, TX, with 3,662 residents, 0.3 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/Chicago, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Dallas gets 14 h 19 min of daylight and Grand Prairie 14 h 18 min; on December 21, 9 h 59 min and 10 h 00 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Dallas has 6.4 times the population of Grand Prairie. From July 2020 to July 2024, Dallas changed by +1.7% and Grand Prairie by +5.7%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Dallas, TX1,326,087 (+1.7%)
  2. 02Grand Prairie, TX207,331 (+5.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Dallas from Grand Prairie?

16.5 miles, 26.6 km or 14.4 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Grand Prairie from Dallas?

WSW. The great-circle path leaves Dallas on a bearing of 243.5° and arrives at Grand Prairie on 243.3°. The return trip starts on 63.3°.

What is halfway between Dallas and Grand Prairie?

The midpoint is at 32.739764, -96.893726. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Cockrell Hill, TX, 0.3 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Dallas and Grand Prairie?

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

Which is bigger, Dallas or Grand Prairie?

Dallas, with 1,326,087 residents in July 2024 against 207,331 for Grand Prairie, 6.4 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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