Arizona

Distance from Glendale to Tucson

Straight-line distance

122.3mi

Glendale, AZ and Tucson, AZ are 122.3 miles (196.8 km) apart in a straight line. From Glendale, the shortest path starts out heading SE (141°).

kilometers
196.8
nautical miles
106.3
heading from Glendale
141° SE
heading from Tucson
322° NW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Glendale is from Tucson

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Glendale and Tucson is 122.3 miles, 196.8 km or 106.3 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 122.3 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
122.3
Kilometers
196.8
Nautical miles
106.3
Bearing from Glendale
140.9° SE
Bearing arriving at Tucson
141.6°
Bearing from Tucson
321.6° NW

Halfway between Glendale and Tucson

The great-circle midpoint is at 32.844780, -111.525222 (32°50'41.21"N 111°31'30.80"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Coolidge, AZ, with 19,674 residents, 6.2 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/Phoenix, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Glendale gets 14 h 23 min of daylight and Tucson 14 h 16 min; on December 21, 9 h 56 min and 10 h 03 min. Glendale is 1.38° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Tucson has 2.1 times the population of Glendale. From July 2020 to July 2024, Glendale changed by +3.7% and Tucson by +2.1%. Both are in Arizona.

  1. 01Glendale, AZ258,143 (+3.7%)
  2. 02Tucson, AZ554,013 (+2.1%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Glendale from Tucson?

122.3 miles, 196.8 km or 106.3 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Tucson from Glendale?

SE. The great-circle path leaves Glendale on a bearing of 140.9° and arrives at Tucson on 141.6°. The return trip starts on 321.6°.

What is halfway between Glendale and Tucson?

The midpoint is at 32.844780, -111.525222. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Coolidge, AZ, 6.2 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Glendale and Tucson?

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

Which is bigger, Glendale or Tucson?

Tucson, with 554,013 residents in July 2024 against 258,143 for Glendale, 2.1 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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