Alabama

Distance from Birmingham to Mobile

Straight-line distance

211.9mi

Birmingham, AL and Mobile, AL are 211.9 miles (341.0 km) apart in a straight line. From Birmingham, the shortest path starts out heading SSW (202°).

kilometers
341.0
nautical miles
184.1
heading from Birmingham
202° SSW
heading from Mobile
21° NNE
BirminghamMobile

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

How far Birmingham is from Mobile

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Birmingham and Mobile is 211.9 miles, 341.0 km or 184.1 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 211.9 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
211.9
Kilometers
341.0
Nautical miles
184.1
Bearing from Birmingham
201.6° SSW
Bearing arriving at Mobile
200.9°
Bearing from Mobile
20.9° NNE

Halfway between Birmingham and Mobile

The great-circle midpoint is at 32.099387, -87.462710 (32°05'57.79"N 87°27'45.76"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Camden, AL, with 1,695 residents, 12.4 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/Chicago, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Birmingham gets 14 h 23 min of daylight and Mobile 14 h 08 min; on December 21, 9 h 56 min and 10 h 10 min. Birmingham is 2.86° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Mobile has 1.0 times the population of Birmingham. From July 2020 to July 2024, Birmingham changed by -2.0% and Mobile by -2.5%. Both are in Alabama.

  1. 01Birmingham, AL196,357 (-2.0%)
  2. 02Mobile, AL201,367 (-2.5%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Birmingham from Mobile?

211.9 miles, 341.0 km or 184.1 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Mobile from Birmingham?

SSW. The great-circle path leaves Birmingham on a bearing of 201.6° and arrives at Mobile on 200.9°. The return trip starts on 20.9°.

What is halfway between Birmingham and Mobile?

The midpoint is at 32.099387, -87.462710. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Camden, AL, 12.4 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Birmingham and Mobile?

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

Which is bigger, Birmingham or Mobile?

Mobile, with 201,367 residents in July 2024 against 196,357 for Birmingham, 1.0 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)

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