Utah

Distance from Provo to St. George

Straight-line distance

242.4mi

Provo, UT and St. George, UT are 242.4 miles (390.2 km) apart in a straight line. From Provo, the shortest path starts out heading SSW (206°).

kilometers
390.2
nautical miles
210.7
heading from Provo
206° SSW
heading from St. George
25° NNE
ProvoSt. George

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

How far Provo is from St. George

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Provo and St. George is 242.4 miles, 390.2 km or 210.7 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 242.4 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
242.4
Kilometers
390.2
Nautical miles
210.7
Bearing from Provo
206.1° SSW
Bearing arriving at St. George
204.9°
Bearing from St. George
24.9° NNE

Halfway between Provo and St. George

The great-circle midpoint is at 38.665118, -112.632169 (38°39'54.43"N 112°37'55.81"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Fillmore, UT, with 2,788 residents, 26.0 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 St. George 14 h 43 min; on December 21, 9 h 18 min and 9 h 37 min. Provo is 3.17° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Provo has 1.1 times the population of St. George. From July 2020 to July 2024, Provo changed by +0.3% and St. George by +10.7%. Both are in Utah.

  1. 01Provo, UT115,479 (+0.3%)
  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 Provo from St. George?

242.4 miles, 390.2 km or 210.7 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is St. George from Provo?

SSW. The great-circle path leaves Provo on a bearing of 206.1° and arrives at St. George on 204.9°. The return trip starts on 24.9°.

What is halfway between Provo and St. George?

The midpoint is at 38.665118, -112.632169. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Fillmore, UT, 26.0 miles from it.

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

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

Which is bigger, Provo or St. George?

Provo, with 115,479 residents in July 2024 against 106,288 for St. George, 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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