Alabama

Distance from Birmingham to Huntsville

Straight-line distance

81.2mi

Birmingham, AL and Huntsville, AL are 81.2 miles (130.6 km) apart in a straight line. From Birmingham, the shortest path starts out heading N (5°).

kilometers
130.6
nautical miles
70.5
heading from Birmingham
5° N
heading from Huntsville
185° S
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Birmingham is from Huntsville

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Birmingham and Huntsville is 81.2 miles, 130.6 km or 70.5 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 81.2 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
81.2
Kilometers
130.6
Nautical miles
70.5
Bearing from Birmingham
4.8° N
Bearing arriving at Huntsville
4.9°
Bearing from Huntsville
184.9° S

Halfway between Birmingham and Huntsville

The great-circle midpoint is at 34.112465, -86.737266 (34°06'44.87"N 86°44'14.16"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Hanceville, AL, with 3,346 residents, 3.7 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, Birmingham gets 14 h 23 min of daylight and Huntsville 14 h 29 min; on December 21, 9 h 56 min and 9 h 50 min. Huntsville is 1.17° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Huntsville has 1.2 times the population of Birmingham. From July 2020 to July 2024, Birmingham changed by -2.0% and Huntsville by +6.5%. Both are in Alabama.

  1. 01Birmingham, AL196,357 (-2.0%)
  2. 02Huntsville, AL230,402 (+6.5%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Birmingham from Huntsville?

81.2 miles, 130.6 km or 70.5 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Huntsville from Birmingham?

N. The great-circle path leaves Birmingham on a bearing of 4.8° and arrives at Huntsville on 4.9°. The return trip starts on 184.9°.

What is halfway between Birmingham and Huntsville?

The midpoint is at 34.112465, -86.737266. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Hanceville, AL, 3.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Birmingham and Huntsville?

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

Which is bigger, Birmingham or Huntsville?

Huntsville, with 230,402 residents in July 2024 against 196,357 for Birmingham, 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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