Florida

Distance from Boca Raton to Plantation

Straight-line distance

19.7mi

Boca Raton, FL and Plantation, FL are 19.7 miles (31.7 km) apart in a straight line. From Boca Raton, the shortest path starts out heading SSW (210°).

kilometers
31.7
nautical miles
17.1
heading from Boca Raton
210° SSW
heading from Plantation
30° NNE
Boca RatonPlantation

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

How far Boca Raton is from Plantation

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Boca Raton and Plantation is 19.7 miles, 31.7 km or 17.1 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 19.7 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
19.7
Kilometers
31.7
Nautical miles
17.1
Bearing from Boca Raton
209.9° SSW
Bearing arriving at Plantation
209.8°
Bearing from Plantation
29.8° NNE

Halfway between Boca Raton and Plantation

The great-circle midpoint is at 26.249172, -80.182834 (26°14'57.02"N 80°10'58.20"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Margate, FL, with 60,650 residents, 1.7 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/New_York, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Boca Raton gets 13 h 48 min of daylight and Plantation 13 h 47 min; on December 21, 10 h 29 min and 10 h 30 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Boca Raton has 1.0 times the population of Plantation. From July 2020 to July 2024, Boca Raton changed by +4.1% and Plantation by +9.3%. Both are in Florida.

  1. 01Boca Raton, FL102,238 (+4.1%)
  2. 02Plantation, FL100,694 (+9.3%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Boca Raton from Plantation?

19.7 miles, 31.7 km or 17.1 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Plantation from Boca Raton?

SSW. The great-circle path leaves Boca Raton on a bearing of 209.9° and arrives at Plantation on 209.8°. The return trip starts on 29.8°.

What is halfway between Boca Raton and Plantation?

The midpoint is at 26.249172, -80.182834. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Margate, FL, 1.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Boca Raton and Plantation?

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

Which is bigger, Boca Raton or Plantation?

Boca Raton, with 102,238 residents in July 2024 against 100,694 for Plantation, 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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