Texas

Distance from Fort Worth to Richardson

Straight-line distance

39.4mi

Fort Worth, TX and Richardson, TX are 39.4 miles (63.5 km) apart in a straight line. From Fort Worth, the shortest path starts out heading ENE (70°).

kilometers
63.5
nautical miles
34.3
heading from Fort Worth
70° ENE
heading from Richardson
251° WSW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Fort Worth is from Richardson

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Fort Worth and Richardson is 39.4 miles, 63.5 km or 34.3 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 39.4 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
39.4
Kilometers
63.5
Nautical miles
34.3
Bearing from Fort Worth
70.3° ENE
Bearing arriving at Richardson
70.7°
Bearing from Richardson
250.7° WSW

Halfway between Fort Worth and Richardson

The great-circle midpoint is at 32.877558, -97.028694 (32°52'39.21"N 97°01'43.30"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Euless, TX, with 60,010 residents, 3.5 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, Fort Worth gets 14 h 19 min of daylight and Richardson 14 h 20 min; on December 21, 9 h 59 min and 9 h 59 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Fort Worth has 8.5 times the population of Richardson. From July 2020 to July 2024, Fort Worth changed by +9.1% and Richardson by -0.9%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Fort Worth, TX1,008,106 (+9.1%)
  2. 02Richardson, TX118,221 (-0.9%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Fort Worth from Richardson?

39.4 miles, 63.5 km or 34.3 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Richardson from Fort Worth?

ENE. The great-circle path leaves Fort Worth on a bearing of 70.3° and arrives at Richardson on 70.7°. The return trip starts on 250.7°.

What is halfway between Fort Worth and Richardson?

The midpoint is at 32.877558, -97.028694. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Euless, TX, 3.5 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Fort Worth and Richardson?

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

Which is bigger, Fort Worth or Richardson?

Fort Worth, with 1,008,106 residents in July 2024 against 118,221 for Richardson, 8.5 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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