Texas

Distance from Richardson to Tyler

Straight-line distance

93.3mi

Richardson, TX and Tyler, TX are 93.3 miles (150.1 km) apart in a straight line. From Richardson, the shortest path starts out heading ESE (119°).

kilometers
150.1
nautical miles
81.1
heading from Richardson
119° ESE
heading from Tyler
299° WNW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Richardson is from Tyler

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Richardson and Tyler is 93.3 miles, 150.1 km or 81.1 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 93.3 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
93.3
Kilometers
150.1
Nautical miles
81.1
Bearing from Richardson
118.6° ESE
Bearing arriving at Tyler
119.4°
Bearing from Tyler
299.4° WNW

Halfway between Richardson and Tyler

The great-circle midpoint is at 32.646748, -96.004433 (32°38'48.29"N 96°00'15.96"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Wills Point, TX, with 4,050 residents, 4.3 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, Richardson gets 14 h 20 min of daylight and Tyler 14 h 16 min; on December 21, 9 h 59 min and 10 h 02 min. Richardson is 0.65° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Richardson has 1.1 times the population of Tyler. From July 2020 to July 2024, Richardson changed by -0.9% and Tyler by +5.6%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Richardson, TX118,221 (-0.9%)
  2. 02Tyler, TX112,219 (+5.6%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Richardson from Tyler?

93.3 miles, 150.1 km or 81.1 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Tyler from Richardson?

ESE. The great-circle path leaves Richardson on a bearing of 118.6° and arrives at Tyler on 119.4°. The return trip starts on 299.4°.

What is halfway between Richardson and Tyler?

The midpoint is at 32.646748, -96.004433. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Wills Point, TX, 4.3 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Richardson and Tyler?

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

Which is bigger, Richardson or Tyler?

Richardson, with 118,221 residents in July 2024 against 112,219 for Tyler, 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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