Utah

Distance from Salt Lake City to St. George

Straight-line distance

270.5mi

Salt Lake City, UT and St. George, UT are 270.5 miles (435.3 km) apart in a straight line. From Salt Lake City, the shortest path starts out heading SSW (200°).

kilometers
435.3
nautical miles
235.0
heading from Salt Lake City
200° SSW
heading from St. George
19° NNE
Salt Lake CitySt. George

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

How far Salt Lake City is from St. George

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Salt Lake City and St. George is 270.5 miles, 435.3 km or 235.0 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 270.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
270.5
Kilometers
435.3
Nautical miles
235.0
Bearing from Salt Lake City
199.6° SSW
Bearing arriving at St. George
198.6°
Bearing from St. George
18.6° NNE

Halfway between Salt Lake City and St. George

The great-circle midpoint is at 38.929836, -112.775215 (38°55'47.41"N 112°46'30.77"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Fillmore, UT, with 2,788 residents, 23.5 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, Salt Lake City gets 15 h 06 min of daylight and St. George 14 h 43 min; on December 21, 9 h 15 min and 9 h 37 min. Salt Lake City is 3.70° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Salt Lake City has 2.0 times the population of St. George. From July 2020 to July 2024, Salt Lake City changed by +8.5% and St. George by +10.7%. Both are in Utah.

  1. 01Salt Lake City, UT217,783 (+8.5%)
  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 Salt Lake City from St. George?

270.5 miles, 435.3 km or 235.0 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is St. George from Salt Lake City?

SSW. The great-circle path leaves Salt Lake City on a bearing of 199.6° and arrives at St. George on 198.6°. The return trip starts on 18.6°.

What is halfway between Salt Lake City and St. George?

The midpoint is at 38.929836, -112.775215. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Fillmore, UT, 23.5 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Salt Lake City and St. George?

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

Which is bigger, Salt Lake City or St. George?

Salt Lake City, with 217,783 residents in July 2024 against 106,288 for St. George, 2.0 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)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.