Texas

Distance from Mesquite to Tyler

Straight-line distance

80.5mi

Mesquite, TX and Tyler, TX are 80.5 miles (129.5 km) apart in a straight line. From Mesquite, the shortest path starts out heading ESE (112°).

kilometers
129.5
nautical miles
69.9
heading from Mesquite
112° ESE
heading from Tyler
293° WNW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Mesquite is from Tyler

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Mesquite and Tyler is 80.5 miles, 129.5 km or 69.9 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 80.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
80.5
Kilometers
129.5
Nautical miles
69.9
Bearing from Mesquite
112.0° ESE
Bearing arriving at Tyler
112.7°
Bearing from Tyler
292.7° WNW

Halfway between Mesquite and Tyler

The great-circle midpoint is at 32.540067, -95.943476 (32°32'24.24"N 95°56'36.51"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Canton, TX, with 4,841 residents, 4.8 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 Tyler 14 h 16 min; on December 21, 10 h 00 min and 10 h 02 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Mesquite has 1.3 times the population of Tyler. From July 2020 to July 2024, Mesquite changed by +0.3% and Tyler by +5.6%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Mesquite, TX150,140 (+0.3%)
  2. 02Tyler, TX112,219 (+5.6%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Mesquite from Tyler?

80.5 miles, 129.5 km or 69.9 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Tyler from Mesquite?

ESE. The great-circle path leaves Mesquite on a bearing of 112.0° and arrives at Tyler on 112.7°. The return trip starts on 292.7°.

What is halfway between Mesquite and Tyler?

The midpoint is at 32.540067, -95.943476. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Canton, TX, 4.8 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Mesquite and Tyler?

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

Which is bigger, Mesquite or Tyler?

Mesquite, with 150,140 residents in July 2024 against 112,219 for Tyler, 1.3 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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