Arizona

Distance from Mesa to Tucson

Straight-line distance

99.2mi

Mesa, AZ and Tucson, AZ are 99.2 miles (159.7 km) apart in a straight line. From Mesa, the shortest path starts out heading SSE (150°).

kilometers
159.7
nautical miles
86.2
heading from Mesa
150° SSE
heading from Tucson
331° NNW
MesaTucson

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

How far Mesa is from Tucson

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Mesa and Tucson is 99.2 miles, 159.7 km or 86.2 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 99.2 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
99.2
Kilometers
159.7
Nautical miles
86.2
Bearing from Mesa
150.1° SSE
Bearing arriving at Tucson
150.5°
Bearing from Tucson
330.5° NNW

Halfway between Mesa and Tucson

The great-circle midpoint is at 32.777510, -111.290686 (32°46'39.04"N 111°17'26.47"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Coolidge, AZ, with 19,674 residents, 17.3 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, Mesa gets 14 h 22 min of daylight and Tucson 14 h 16 min; on December 21, 9 h 56 min and 10 h 03 min. Mesa is 1.25° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Tucson has 1.1 times the population of Mesa. From July 2020 to July 2024, Mesa changed by +2.2% and Tucson by +2.1%. Both are in Arizona.

  1. 01Mesa, AZ517,151 (+2.2%)
  2. 02Tucson, AZ554,013 (+2.1%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Mesa from Tucson?

99.2 miles, 159.7 km or 86.2 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Tucson from Mesa?

SSE. The great-circle path leaves Mesa on a bearing of 150.1° and arrives at Tucson on 150.5°. The return trip starts on 330.5°.

What is halfway between Mesa and Tucson?

The midpoint is at 32.777510, -111.290686. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Coolidge, AZ, 17.3 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Mesa and Tucson?

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

Which is bigger, Mesa or Tucson?

Tucson, with 554,013 residents in July 2024 against 517,151 for Mesa, 1.1 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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