Colorado

Distance from Greeley to Westminster

Straight-line distance

40.1mi

Greeley, CO and Westminster, CO are 40.1 miles (64.5 km) apart in a straight line. From Greeley, the shortest path starts out heading SSW (202°).

kilometers
64.5
nautical miles
34.8
heading from Greeley
202° SSW
heading from Westminster
22° NNE
GreeleyWestminster

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

How far Greeley is from Westminster

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Greeley and Westminster is 40.1 miles, 64.5 km or 34.8 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 40.1 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
40.1
Kilometers
64.5
Nautical miles
34.8
Bearing from Greeley
202.4° SSW
Bearing arriving at Westminster
202.2°
Bearing from Westminster
22.2° NNE

Halfway between Greeley and Westminster

The great-circle midpoint is at 40.148439, -104.917969 (40°08'54.38"N 104°55'4.69"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Firestone, CO, with 19,396 residents, 1.7 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/Denver, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Greeley gets 15 h 04 min of daylight and Westminster 15 h 00 min; on December 21, 9 h 17 min and 9 h 20 min. Greeley is 0.54° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Westminster has 1.0 times the population of Greeley. From July 2020 to July 2024, Greeley changed by +4.6% and Westminster by -1.2%. Both are in Colorado.

  1. 01Greeley, CO114,363 (+4.6%)
  2. 02Westminster, CO115,302 (-1.2%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Greeley from Westminster?

40.1 miles, 64.5 km or 34.8 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Westminster from Greeley?

SSW. The great-circle path leaves Greeley on a bearing of 202.4° and arrives at Westminster on 202.2°. The return trip starts on 22.2°.

What is halfway between Greeley and Westminster?

The midpoint is at 40.148439, -104.917969. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Firestone, CO, 1.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Greeley and Westminster?

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

Which is bigger, Greeley or Westminster?

Westminster, with 115,302 residents in July 2024 against 114,363 for Greeley, 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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