Florida

Distance from Boca Raton to Palm Bay

Straight-line distance

114.6mi

Boca Raton, FL and Palm Bay, FL are 114.6 miles (184.5 km) apart in a straight line. From Boca Raton, the shortest path starts out heading NNW (343°).

kilometers
184.5
nautical miles
99.6
heading from Boca Raton
343° NNW
heading from Palm Bay
162° SSE
Boca RatonPalm Bay

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

How far Boca Raton is from Palm Bay

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Boca Raton and Palm Bay is 114.6 miles, 184.5 km or 99.6 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 114.6 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
114.6
Kilometers
184.5
Nautical miles
99.6
Bearing from Boca Raton
342.6° NNW
Bearing arriving at Palm Bay
342.4°
Bearing from Palm Bay
162.4° SSE

Halfway between Boca Raton and Palm Bay

The great-circle midpoint is at 27.164029, -80.382362 (27°09'50.51"N 80°22'56.50"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Port St. Lucie, FL, with 258,575 residents, 8.1 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 Palm Bay 13 h 55 min; on December 21, 10 h 29 min and 10 h 22 min. Palm Bay is 1.58° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Palm Bay has 1.4 times the population of Boca Raton. From July 2020 to July 2024, Boca Raton changed by +4.1% and Palm Bay by +18.2%. Both are in Florida.

  1. 01Boca Raton, FL102,238 (+4.1%)
  2. 02Palm Bay, FL142,023 (+18.2%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Boca Raton from Palm Bay?

114.6 miles, 184.5 km or 99.6 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Palm Bay from Boca Raton?

NNW. The great-circle path leaves Boca Raton on a bearing of 342.6° and arrives at Palm Bay on 342.4°. The return trip starts on 162.4°.

What is halfway between Boca Raton and Palm Bay?

The midpoint is at 27.164029, -80.382362. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Port St. Lucie, FL, 8.1 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Boca Raton and Palm Bay?

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

Which is bigger, Boca Raton or Palm Bay?

Palm Bay, with 142,023 residents in July 2024 against 102,238 for Boca Raton, 1.4 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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