Florida

Distance from Boca Raton to Pompano Beach

Straight-line distance

9.3mi

Boca Raton, FL and Pompano Beach, FL are 9.3 miles (14.9 km) apart in a straight line. From Boca Raton, the shortest path starts out heading SSW (192°).

kilometers
14.9
nautical miles
8.0
heading from Boca Raton
192° SSW
heading from Pompano Beach
12° NNE
Boca RatonPompano Beach

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

How far Boca Raton is from Pompano Beach

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Boca Raton and Pompano Beach is 9.3 miles, 14.9 km or 8.0 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 9.2 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
9.3
Kilometers
14.9
Nautical miles
8.0
Bearing from Boca Raton
191.7° SSW
Bearing arriving at Pompano Beach
191.7°
Bearing from Pompano Beach
11.7° NNE

Halfway between Boca Raton and Pompano Beach

The great-circle midpoint is at 26.307151, -80.118809 (26°18'25.74"N 80°07'7.71"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Deerfield Beach, FL, with 90,507 residents, 0.5 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 Pompano Beach 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

Pompano Beach has 1.2 times the population of Boca Raton. From July 2020 to July 2024, Boca Raton changed by +4.1% and Pompano Beach by +5.5%. Both are in Florida.

  1. 01Boca Raton, FL102,238 (+4.1%)
  2. 02Pompano Beach, FL118,104 (+5.5%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Boca Raton from Pompano Beach?

9.3 miles, 14.9 km or 8.0 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Pompano Beach from Boca Raton?

SSW. The great-circle path leaves Boca Raton on a bearing of 191.7° and arrives at Pompano Beach on 191.7°. The return trip starts on 11.7°.

What is halfway between Boca Raton and Pompano Beach?

The midpoint is at 26.307151, -80.118809. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Deerfield Beach, FL, 0.5 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Boca Raton and Pompano Beach?

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

Which is bigger, Boca Raton or Pompano Beach?

Pompano Beach, with 118,104 residents in July 2024 against 102,238 for Boca Raton, 1.2 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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