Colorado

Distance from Fort Collins to Westminster

Straight-line distance

46.2mi

Fort Collins, CO and Westminster, CO are 46.2 miles (74.3 km) apart in a straight line. From Fort Collins, the shortest path starts out heading S (180°).

kilometers
74.3
nautical miles
40.1
heading from Fort Collins
180° S
heading from Westminster
360° N
Fort CollinsWestminster

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

How far Fort Collins is from Westminster

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Fort Collins and Westminster is 46.2 miles, 74.3 km or 40.1 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 46.2 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
46.2
Kilometers
74.3
Nautical miles
40.1
Bearing from Fort Collins
179.8° S
Bearing arriving at Westminster
179.8°
Bearing from Westminster
359.8° N

Halfway between Fort Collins and Westminster

The great-circle midpoint is at 40.214150, -105.063142 (40°12'50.94"N 105°03'47.31"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Longmont, CO, with 99,818 residents, 3.7 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, Fort Collins gets 15 h 05 min of daylight and Westminster 15 h 00 min; on December 21, 9 h 16 min and 9 h 20 min. Fort Collins is 0.67° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Fort Collins has 1.5 times the population of Westminster. From July 2020 to July 2024, Fort Collins changed by +0.5% and Westminster by -1.2%. Both are in Colorado.

  1. 01Fort Collins, CO170,924 (+0.5%)
  2. 02Westminster, CO115,302 (-1.2%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Fort Collins from Westminster?

46.2 miles, 74.3 km or 40.1 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Westminster from Fort Collins?

S. The great-circle path leaves Fort Collins on a bearing of 179.8° and arrives at Westminster on 179.8°. The return trip starts on 359.8°.

What is halfway between Fort Collins and Westminster?

The midpoint is at 40.214150, -105.063142. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Longmont, CO, 3.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Fort Collins and Westminster?

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

Which is bigger, Fort Collins or Westminster?

Fort Collins, with 170,924 residents in July 2024 against 115,302 for Westminster, 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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