Texas

Distance from Frisco to Plano

Straight-line distance

8.4mi

Frisco, TX and Plano, TX are 8.4 miles (13.6 km) apart in a straight line. From Frisco, the shortest path starts out heading SSE (149°).

kilometers
13.6
nautical miles
7.3
heading from Frisco
149° SSE
heading from Plano
329° NNW
FriscoPlano

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

How far Frisco is from Plano

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Frisco and Plano is 8.4 miles, 13.6 km or 7.3 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 8.4 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
8.4
Kilometers
13.6
Nautical miles
7.3
Bearing from Frisco
149.1° SSE
Bearing arriving at Plano
149.1°
Bearing from Plano
329.1° NNW

Halfway between Frisco and Plano

The great-circle midpoint is at 33.103106, -96.785228 (33°06'11.18"N 96°47'6.82"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Frisco, TX, with 235,208 residents, 4.2 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 Plano 14 h 20 min; on December 21, 9 h 58 min and 9 h 58 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Plano has 1.2 times the population of Frisco. From July 2020 to July 2024, Frisco changed by +16.0% and Plano by +2.4%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Frisco, TX235,208 (+16.0%)
  2. 02Plano, TX293,286 (+2.4%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Frisco from Plano?

8.4 miles, 13.6 km or 7.3 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Plano from Frisco?

SSE. The great-circle path leaves Frisco on a bearing of 149.1° and arrives at Plano on 149.1°. The return trip starts on 329.1°.

What is halfway between Frisco and Plano?

The midpoint is at 33.103106, -96.785228. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Frisco, TX, 4.2 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Frisco and Plano?

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

Which is bigger, Frisco or Plano?

Plano, with 293,286 residents in July 2024 against 235,208 for Frisco, 1.2 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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