Utah

Distance from Salt Lake City to West Jordan

Straight-line distance

12.6mi

Salt Lake City, UT and West Jordan, UT are 12.6 miles (20.3 km) apart in a straight line. From Salt Lake City, the shortest path starts out heading SSW (197°).

kilometers
20.3
nautical miles
10.9
heading from Salt Lake City
197° SSW
heading from West Jordan
17° NNE
Salt Lake CityWest Jordan

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

How far Salt Lake City is from West Jordan

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Salt Lake City and West Jordan is 12.6 miles, 20.3 km or 10.9 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 12.6 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
12.6
Kilometers
20.3
Nautical miles
10.9
Bearing from Salt Lake City
197.0° SSW
Bearing arriving at West Jordan
197.0°
Bearing from West Jordan
17.0° NNE

Halfway between Salt Lake City and West Jordan

The great-circle midpoint is at 40.689805, -111.966196 (40°41'23.30"N 111°57'58.31"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is West Valley City, UT, with 138,144 residents, 2.4 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, Salt Lake City gets 15 h 06 min of daylight and West Jordan 15 h 05 min; on December 21, 9 h 15 min and 9 h 16 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Salt Lake City has 1.9 times the population of West Jordan. From July 2020 to July 2024, Salt Lake City changed by +8.5% and West Jordan by -0.3%. Both are in Utah.

  1. 01Salt Lake City, UT217,783 (+8.5%)
  2. 02West Jordan, UT116,688 (-0.3%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Salt Lake City from West Jordan?

12.6 miles, 20.3 km or 10.9 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is West Jordan from Salt Lake City?

SSW. The great-circle path leaves Salt Lake City on a bearing of 197.0° and arrives at West Jordan on 197.0°. The return trip starts on 17.0°.

What is halfway between Salt Lake City and West Jordan?

The midpoint is at 40.689805, -111.966196. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is West Valley City, UT, 2.4 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Salt Lake City and West Jordan?

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

Which is bigger, Salt Lake City or West Jordan?

Salt Lake City, with 217,783 residents in July 2024 against 116,688 for West Jordan, 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.

  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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