Texas

Distance from Frisco to Richardson

Straight-line distance

14.3mi

Frisco, TX and Richardson, TX are 14.3 miles (23.0 km) apart in a straight line. From Frisco, the shortest path starts out heading SSE (152°).

kilometers
23.0
nautical miles
12.4
heading from Frisco
152° SSE
heading from Richardson
332° NNW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Frisco is from Richardson

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Frisco and Richardson is 14.3 miles, 23.0 km or 12.4 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 14.3 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
14.3
Kilometers
23.0
Nautical miles
12.4
Bearing from Frisco
152.3° SSE
Bearing arriving at Richardson
152.4°
Bearing from Richardson
332.4° NNW

Halfway between Frisco and Richardson

The great-circle midpoint is at 33.063863, -96.765290 (33°03'49.91"N 96°45'55.05"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Plano, TX, with 293,286 residents, 1.4 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 Richardson 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

Frisco has 2.0 times the population of Richardson. From July 2020 to July 2024, Frisco changed by +16.0% and Richardson by -0.9%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Frisco, TX235,208 (+16.0%)
  2. 02Richardson, TX118,221 (-0.9%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Frisco from Richardson?

14.3 miles, 23.0 km or 12.4 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Richardson from Frisco?

SSE. The great-circle path leaves Frisco on a bearing of 152.3° and arrives at Richardson on 152.4°. The return trip starts on 332.4°.

What is halfway between Frisco and Richardson?

The midpoint is at 33.063863, -96.765290. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Plano, TX, 1.4 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Frisco and Richardson?

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

Which is bigger, Frisco or Richardson?

Frisco, with 235,208 residents in July 2024 against 118,221 for Richardson, 2.0 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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