Utah

Distance from Provo to West Valley City

Straight-line distance

36.2mi

Provo, UT and West Valley City, UT are 36.2 miles (58.2 km) apart in a straight line. From Provo, the shortest path starts out heading NNW (328°).

kilometers
58.2
nautical miles
31.4
heading from Provo
328° NNW
heading from West Valley City
148° SSE
ProvoWest Valley City

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

How far Provo is from West Valley City

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Provo and West Valley City is 36.2 miles, 58.2 km or 31.4 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 36.2 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
36.2
Kilometers
58.2
Nautical miles
31.4
Bearing from Provo
327.9° NNW
Bearing arriving at West Valley City
327.7°
Bearing from West Valley City
147.7° SSE

Halfway between Provo and West Valley City

The great-circle midpoint is at 40.467045, -111.827845 (40°28'1.36"N 111°49'40.24"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Draper, UT, with 50,166 residents, 2.9 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 West Valley City 15 h 06 min; on December 21, 9 h 18 min and 9 h 15 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

West Valley City has 1.2 times the population of Provo. From July 2020 to July 2024, Provo changed by +0.3% and West Valley City by -1.3%. Both are in Utah.

  1. 01Provo, UT115,479 (+0.3%)
  2. 02West Valley City, UT138,144 (-1.3%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Provo from West Valley City?

36.2 miles, 58.2 km or 31.4 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is West Valley City from Provo?

NNW. The great-circle path leaves Provo on a bearing of 327.9° and arrives at West Valley City on 327.7°. The return trip starts on 147.7°.

What is halfway between Provo and West Valley City?

The midpoint is at 40.467045, -111.827845. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Draper, UT, 2.9 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Provo and West Valley City?

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

Which is bigger, Provo or West Valley City?

West Valley City, with 138,144 residents in July 2024 against 115,479 for Provo, 1.2 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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