Florida

Distance from Boca Raton to Hollywood

Straight-line distance

23.9mi

Boca Raton, FL and Hollywood, FL are 23.9 miles (38.5 km) apart in a straight line. From Boca Raton, the shortest path starts out heading S (189°).

kilometers
38.5
nautical miles
20.8
heading from Boca Raton
189° S
heading from Hollywood
9° N
Boca RatonHollywood

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

How far Boca Raton is from Hollywood

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Boca Raton and Hollywood is 23.9 miles, 38.5 km or 20.8 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 23.9 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
23.9
Kilometers
38.5
Nautical miles
20.8
Bearing from Boca Raton
189.1° S
Bearing arriving at Hollywood
189.1°
Bearing from Hollywood
9.1° N

Halfway between Boca Raton and Hollywood

The great-circle midpoint is at 26.201853, -80.134195 (26°12'6.67"N 80°08'3.10"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Oakland Park, FL, with 45,771 residents, 1.9 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/New_York, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Boca Raton gets 13 h 48 min of daylight and Hollywood 13 h 46 min; on December 21, 10 h 29 min and 10 h 31 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Hollywood has 1.6 times the population of Boca Raton. From July 2020 to July 2024, Boca Raton changed by +4.1% and Hollywood by +4.1%. Both are in Florida.

  1. 01Boca Raton, FL102,238 (+4.1%)
  2. 02Hollywood, FL159,073 (+4.1%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Boca Raton from Hollywood?

23.9 miles, 38.5 km or 20.8 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Hollywood from Boca Raton?

S. The great-circle path leaves Boca Raton on a bearing of 189.1° and arrives at Hollywood on 189.1°. The return trip starts on 9.1°.

What is halfway between Boca Raton and Hollywood?

The midpoint is at 26.201853, -80.134195. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Oakland Park, FL, 1.9 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Boca Raton and Hollywood?

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

Which is bigger, Boca Raton or Hollywood?

Hollywood, with 159,073 residents in July 2024 against 102,238 for Boca Raton, 1.6 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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