Arizona to Utah

Distance from Phoenix to St. George

Straight-line distance

256.2mi

Phoenix, AZ and St. George, UT are 256.2 miles (412.4 km) apart in a straight line. From Phoenix, the shortest path starts out heading NNW (341°).

kilometers
412.4
nautical miles
222.7
heading from Phoenix
341° NNW
heading from St. George
160° SSE
PhoenixSt. George

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

How far Phoenix is from St. George

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Phoenix and St. George is 256.2 miles, 412.4 km or 222.7 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 256.2 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
256.2
Kilometers
412.4
Nautical miles
222.7
Bearing from Phoenix
341.3° NNW
Bearing arriving at St. George
340.5°
Bearing from St. George
160.5° SSE

Halfway between Phoenix and St. George

The great-circle midpoint is at 35.326873, -112.817185 (35°19'36.74"N 112°49'1.87"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Williams, AZ, with 3,482 residents, 36.2 miles from the midpoint. To find towns near the midpoint of any two places, use the halfway tool.

Time zones and daylight

Phoenix uses America/Phoenix and St. George uses America/Denver. In January St. George is the same clock time, and in July 1 hour ahead, because only one of them observes daylight saving time. On June 21, Phoenix gets 14 h 23 min of daylight and St. George 14 h 43 min; on December 21, 9 h 56 min and 9 h 37 min. St. George is 3.50° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Phoenix has 15.7 times the population of St. George. From July 2020 to July 2024, Phoenix changed by +3.8% and St. George by +10.7%. The trip crosses from Arizona into Utah.

  1. 01Phoenix, AZ1,673,164 (+3.8%)
  2. 02St. George, UT106,288 (+10.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Phoenix from St. George?

256.2 miles, 412.4 km or 222.7 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is St. George from Phoenix?

NNW. The great-circle path leaves Phoenix on a bearing of 341.3° and arrives at St. George on 340.5°. The return trip starts on 160.5°.

What is halfway between Phoenix and St. George?

The midpoint is at 35.326873, -112.817185. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Williams, AZ, 36.2 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Phoenix and St. George?

Phoenix uses America/Phoenix and St. George uses America/Denver. In January St. George is the same clock time, and in July 1 hour ahead, because only one of them observes daylight saving time.

Which is bigger, Phoenix or St. George?

Phoenix, with 1,673,164 residents in July 2024 against 106,288 for St. George, 15.7 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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