Texas

Distance from Mesquite to Plano

Straight-line distance

22.3mi

Mesquite, TX and Plano, TX are 22.3 miles (35.8 km) apart in a straight line. From Mesquite, the shortest path starts out heading NNW (335°).

kilometers
35.8
nautical miles
19.3
heading from Mesquite
335° NNW
heading from Plano
155° SSE
MesquitePlano

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

How far Mesquite is from Plano

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Mesquite and Plano is 22.3 miles, 35.8 km or 19.3 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 22.2 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
22.3
Kilometers
35.8
Nautical miles
19.3
Bearing from Mesquite
334.8° NNW
Bearing arriving at Plano
334.7°
Bearing from Plano
154.7° SSE

Halfway between Mesquite and Plano

The great-circle midpoint is at 32.905227, -96.665915 (32°54'18.82"N 96°39'57.30"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Garland, TX, with 250,431 residents, 2.1 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, Mesquite gets 14 h 19 min of daylight and Plano 14 h 20 min; on December 21, 10 h 00 min and 9 h 58 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Plano has 2.0 times the population of Mesquite. From July 2020 to July 2024, Mesquite changed by +0.3% and Plano by +2.4%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Mesquite, TX150,140 (+0.3%)
  2. 02Plano, TX293,286 (+2.4%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Mesquite from Plano?

22.3 miles, 35.8 km or 19.3 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Plano from Mesquite?

NNW. The great-circle path leaves Mesquite on a bearing of 334.8° and arrives at Plano on 334.7°. The return trip starts on 154.7°.

What is halfway between Mesquite and Plano?

The midpoint is at 32.905227, -96.665915. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Garland, TX, 2.1 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Mesquite and Plano?

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

Which is bigger, Mesquite or Plano?

Plano, with 293,286 residents in July 2024 against 150,140 for Mesquite, 2.0 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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