Florida

Distance from Boca Raton to West Palm Beach

Straight-line distance

25.8mi

Boca Raton, FL and West Palm Beach, FL are 25.8 miles (41.5 km) apart in a straight line. From Boca Raton, the shortest path starts out heading N (357°).

kilometers
41.5
nautical miles
22.4
heading from Boca Raton
357° N
heading from West Palm Beach
177° S
Boca RatonWest Palm Beach

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

How far Boca Raton is from West Palm Beach

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Boca Raton and West Palm Beach is 25.8 miles, 41.5 km or 22.4 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 25.8 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
25.8
Kilometers
41.5
Nautical miles
22.4
Bearing from Boca Raton
356.8° N
Bearing arriving at West Palm Beach
356.8°
Bearing from West Palm Beach
176.8° S

Halfway between Boca Raton and West Palm Beach

The great-circle midpoint is at 26.558900, -80.115331 (26°33'32.04"N 80°06'55.19"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Atlantis, FL, with 2,160 residents, 2.7 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 West Palm Beach 13 h 49 min; on December 21, 10 h 29 min and 10 h 28 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

West Palm Beach has 1.2 times the population of Boca Raton. From July 2020 to July 2024, Boca Raton changed by +4.1% and West Palm Beach by +8.7%. Both are in Florida.

  1. 01Boca Raton, FL102,238 (+4.1%)
  2. 02West Palm Beach, FL127,744 (+8.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Boca Raton from West Palm Beach?

25.8 miles, 41.5 km or 22.4 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is West Palm Beach from Boca Raton?

N. The great-circle path leaves Boca Raton on a bearing of 356.8° and arrives at West Palm Beach on 356.8°. The return trip starts on 176.8°.

What is halfway between Boca Raton and West Palm Beach?

The midpoint is at 26.558900, -80.115331. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Atlantis, FL, 2.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Boca Raton and West Palm Beach?

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

Which is bigger, Boca Raton or West Palm Beach?

West Palm Beach, with 127,744 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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