Florida

Distance from Boca Raton to Port St. Lucie

Straight-line distance

65.1mi

Boca Raton, FL and Port St. Lucie, FL are 65.1 miles (104.8 km) apart in a straight line. From Boca Raton, the shortest path starts out heading NNW (344°).

kilometers
104.8
nautical miles
56.6
heading from Boca Raton
344° NNW
heading from Port St. Lucie
164° SSE
Boca RatonPort St. Lucie

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

How far Boca Raton is from Port St. Lucie

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Boca Raton and Port St. Lucie is 65.1 miles, 104.8 km or 56.6 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 65.1 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
65.1
Kilometers
104.8
Nautical miles
56.6
Bearing from Boca Raton
344.4° NNW
Bearing arriving at Port St. Lucie
344.3°
Bearing from Port St. Lucie
164.3° SSE

Halfway between Boca Raton and Port St. Lucie

The great-circle midpoint is at 26.826721, -80.245430 (26°49'36.20"N 80°14'43.55"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Palm Beach Gardens, FL, with 63,284 residents, 5.1 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 Port St. Lucie 13 h 52 min; on December 21, 10 h 29 min and 10 h 25 min. Port St. Lucie is 0.91° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Port St. Lucie has 2.5 times the population of Boca Raton. From July 2020 to July 2024, Boca Raton changed by +4.1% and Port St. Lucie by +25.0%. Both are in Florida.

  1. 01Boca Raton, FL102,238 (+4.1%)
  2. 02Port St. Lucie, FL258,575 (+25.0%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Boca Raton from Port St. Lucie?

65.1 miles, 104.8 km or 56.6 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Port St. Lucie from Boca Raton?

NNW. The great-circle path leaves Boca Raton on a bearing of 344.4° and arrives at Port St. Lucie on 344.3°. The return trip starts on 164.3°.

What is halfway between Boca Raton and Port St. Lucie?

The midpoint is at 26.826721, -80.245430. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Palm Beach Gardens, FL, 5.1 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Boca Raton and Port St. Lucie?

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

Which is bigger, Boca Raton or Port St. Lucie?

Port St. Lucie, with 258,575 residents in July 2024 against 102,238 for Boca Raton, 2.5 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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