Alabama

Distance from Birmingham to Montgomery

Straight-line distance

87.0mi

Birmingham, AL and Montgomery, AL are 87.0 miles (140.1 km) apart in a straight line. From Birmingham, the shortest path starts out heading SSE (159°).

kilometers
140.1
nautical miles
75.6
heading from Birmingham
159° SSE
heading from Montgomery
339° NNW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Birmingham is from Montgomery

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Birmingham and Montgomery is 87.0 miles, 140.1 km or 75.6 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 87.0 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
87.0
Kilometers
140.1
Nautical miles
75.6
Bearing from Birmingham
159.2° SSE
Bearing arriving at Montgomery
159.5°
Bearing from Montgomery
339.5° NNW

Halfway between Birmingham and Montgomery

The great-circle midpoint is at 32.938129, -86.530385 (32°56'17.27"N 86°31'49.39"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Clanton, AL, with 9,228 residents, 8.2 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 Montgomery 14 h 17 min; on December 21, 9 h 56 min and 10 h 02 min. Birmingham is 1.18° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Birmingham has 1.0 times the population of Montgomery. From July 2020 to July 2024, Birmingham changed by -2.0% and Montgomery by -2.1%. Both are in Alabama.

  1. 01Birmingham, AL196,357 (-2.0%)
  2. 02Montgomery, AL195,818 (-2.1%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Birmingham from Montgomery?

87.0 miles, 140.1 km or 75.6 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Montgomery from Birmingham?

SSE. The great-circle path leaves Birmingham on a bearing of 159.2° and arrives at Montgomery on 159.5°. The return trip starts on 339.5°.

What is halfway between Birmingham and Montgomery?

The midpoint is at 32.938129, -86.530385. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Clanton, AL, 8.2 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Birmingham and Montgomery?

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

Which is bigger, Birmingham or Montgomery?

Birmingham, with 196,357 residents in July 2024 against 195,818 for Montgomery, 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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