Texas

Distance from Garland to Irving

Straight-line distance

20.0mi

Garland, TX and Irving, TX are 20.0 miles (32.3 km) apart in a straight line. From Garland, the shortest path starts out heading W (260°).

kilometers
32.3
nautical miles
17.4
heading from Garland
260° W
heading from Irving
80° E
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Garland is from Irving

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Garland and Irving is 20.0 miles, 32.3 km or 17.4 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 20.0 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
20.0
Kilometers
32.3
Nautical miles
17.4
Bearing from Garland
259.7° W
Bearing arriving at Irving
259.6°
Bearing from Irving
79.6° E

Halfway between Garland and Irving

The great-circle midpoint is at 32.883865, -96.800200 (32°53'1.91"N 96°48'0.72"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is University Park, TX, with 25,268 residents, 2.4 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, Garland gets 14 h 20 min of daylight and Irving 14 h 19 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

Irving has 1.0 times the population of Garland. From July 2020 to July 2024, Garland changed by +1.6% and Irving by +0.4%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Garland, TX250,431 (+1.6%)
  2. 02Irving, TX258,060 (+0.4%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Garland from Irving?

20.0 miles, 32.3 km or 17.4 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Irving from Garland?

W. The great-circle path leaves Garland on a bearing of 259.7° and arrives at Irving on 259.6°. The return trip starts on 79.6°.

What is halfway between Garland and Irving?

The midpoint is at 32.883865, -96.800200. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is University Park, TX, 2.4 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Garland and Irving?

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

Which is bigger, Garland or Irving?

Irving, with 258,060 residents in July 2024 against 250,431 for Garland, 1.0 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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