How far away is Uranus from the sun? Uranus is more than 19 times farther from the sun than Earth is. Uranus is an average distance of 1,783,939,400 miles or 2,870,972,200 kilometers from the sun. Because its orbit is elliptical, its distance from the sun changes depending on where it is in its orbit. The closest Uranus gets to the sun is 1,699,800,000 miles or 2,735,560,000 kilometers. The farthest it gets from the sun is 1,868,080,000 miles or 3,006,390,000 kilometers.