Utah
Distance from Provo to Salt Lake City
Straight-line distance
39.7mi
Provo, UT and Salt Lake City, UT are 39.7 miles (63.9 km) apart in a straight line. From Provo, the shortest path starts out heading NNW (338°).
- kilometers
- 63.9
- nautical miles
- 34.5
- heading from Provo
- 338° NNW
- heading from Salt Lake City
- 158° SSE
Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders
How far Provo is from Salt Lake City
The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Provo and Salt Lake City is 39.7 miles, 63.9 km or 34.5 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 39.7 miles, practically the same at this range.
Measurements
- Miles
- 39.7
- Kilometers
- 63.9
- Nautical miles
- 34.5
- Bearing from Provo
- 337.9° NNW
- Bearing arriving at Salt Lake City
- 337.7°
- Bearing from Salt Lake City
- 157.7° SSE
Halfway between Provo and Salt Lake City
The great-circle midpoint is at 40.511188, -111.787483 (40°30'40.28"N 111°47'14.94"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Alpine, UT, with 10,548 residents, 3.4 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/Denver, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Provo gets 15 h 03 min of daylight and Salt Lake City 15 h 06 min; on December 21, 9 h 18 min and 9 h 15 min. Salt Lake City is 0.53° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.
Population compared
Salt Lake City has 1.9 times the population of Provo. From July 2020 to July 2024, Provo changed by +0.3% and Salt Lake City by +8.5%. Both are in Utah.
- 01Provo, UT115,479 (+0.3%)
- 02Salt Lake City, UT217,783 (+8.5%)
Questions people ask
How far is Provo from Salt Lake City?
39.7 miles, 63.9 km or 34.5 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.
Which direction is Salt Lake City from Provo?
NNW. The great-circle path leaves Provo on a bearing of 337.9° and arrives at Salt Lake City on 337.7°. The return trip starts on 157.7°.
What is halfway between Provo and Salt Lake City?
The midpoint is at 40.511188, -111.787483. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Alpine, UT, 3.4 miles from it.
Is there a time difference between Provo and Salt Lake City?
Both use America/Denver, so there is no time difference.
Which is bigger, Provo or Salt Lake City?
Salt Lake City, with 217,783 residents in July 2024 against 115,479 for Provo, 1.9 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.
- 01Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 02Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 03SunCalc library (Vladimir Agafonkin), algorithms after Jean Meeus
- 04IANA time zone database (clock times and daylight saving rules)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.