Texas

Distance from Frisco to Garland

Straight-line distance

20.3mi

Frisco, TX and Garland, TX are 20.3 miles (32.7 km) apart in a straight line. From Frisco, the shortest path starts out heading SSE (147°).

kilometers
32.7
nautical miles
17.6
heading from Frisco
147° SSE
heading from Garland
327° NNW
FriscoGarland

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

How far Frisco is from Garland

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Frisco and Garland is 20.3 miles, 32.7 km or 17.6 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 20.3 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
20.3
Kilometers
32.7
Nautical miles
17.6
Bearing from Frisco
146.7° SSE
Bearing arriving at Garland
146.8°
Bearing from Garland
326.8° NNW

Halfway between Frisco and Garland

The great-circle midpoint is at 33.032637, -96.726316 (33°01'57.49"N 96°43'34.74"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Plano, TX, with 293,286 residents, 1.8 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, Frisco gets 14 h 21 min of daylight and Garland 14 h 20 min; on December 21, 9 h 58 min and 9 h 59 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Garland has 1.1 times the population of Frisco. From July 2020 to July 2024, Frisco changed by +16.0% and Garland by +1.6%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Frisco, TX235,208 (+16.0%)
  2. 02Garland, TX250,431 (+1.6%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Frisco from Garland?

20.3 miles, 32.7 km or 17.6 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Garland from Frisco?

SSE. The great-circle path leaves Frisco on a bearing of 146.7° and arrives at Garland on 146.8°. The return trip starts on 326.8°.

What is halfway between Frisco and Garland?

The midpoint is at 33.032637, -96.726316. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Plano, TX, 1.8 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Frisco and Garland?

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

Which is bigger, Frisco or Garland?

Garland, with 250,431 residents in July 2024 against 235,208 for Frisco, 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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