Idaho to Utah

Distance from Meridian to Provo

Straight-line distance

337.3mi

Meridian, ID and Provo, UT are 337.3 miles (542.9 km) apart in a straight line. From Meridian, the shortest path starts out heading SE (132°).

kilometers
542.9
nautical miles
293.1
heading from Meridian
132° SE
heading from Provo
315° NW
MeridianProvo

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

How far Meridian is from Provo

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Meridian and Provo is 337.3 miles, 542.9 km or 293.1 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 337.4 miles, 72 meters longer.

Measurements

Miles
337.3
Kilometers
542.9
Nautical miles
293.1
Bearing from Meridian
132.0° SE
Bearing arriving at Provo
135.1°
Bearing from Provo
315.1° NW

Halfway between Meridian and Provo

The great-circle midpoint is at 41.952919, -113.960111 (41°57'10.51"N 113°57'36.40"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Burley, ID, with 12,211 residents, 41.3 miles from the midpoint. To find towns near the midpoint of any two places, use the halfway tool.

Time zones and daylight

Meridian uses America/Boise and Provo uses America/Denver; Provo is the same clock time all year. On June 21, Meridian gets 15 h 26 min of daylight and Provo 15 h 03 min; on December 21, 8 h 56 min and 9 h 18 min. Meridian is 3.37° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Meridian has 1.2 times the population of Provo. From July 2020 to July 2024, Meridian changed by +16.9% and Provo by +0.3%. The trip crosses from Idaho into Utah.

  1. 01Meridian, ID139,740 (+16.9%)
  2. 02Provo, UT115,479 (+0.3%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Meridian from Provo?

337.3 miles, 542.9 km or 293.1 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Provo from Meridian?

SE. The great-circle path leaves Meridian on a bearing of 132.0° and arrives at Provo on 135.1°. The return trip starts on 315.1°.

What is halfway between Meridian and Provo?

The midpoint is at 41.952919, -113.960111. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Burley, ID, 41.3 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Meridian and Provo?

Meridian uses America/Boise and Provo uses America/Denver; Provo is the same clock time all year.

Which is bigger, Meridian or Provo?

Meridian, with 139,740 residents in July 2024 against 115,479 for Provo, 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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