Florida

Distance from Cape Coral to Lakeland

Straight-line distance

97.6mi

Cape Coral, FL and Lakeland, FL are 97.6 miles (157.1 km) apart in a straight line. From Cape Coral, the shortest path starts out heading N (2°).

kilometers
157.1
nautical miles
84.8
heading from Cape Coral
2° N
heading from Lakeland
182° S
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Cape Coral is from Lakeland

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Cape Coral and Lakeland is 97.6 miles, 157.1 km or 84.8 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 97.6 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
97.6
Kilometers
157.1
Nautical miles
84.8
Bearing from Cape Coral
1.5° N
Bearing arriving at Lakeland
1.5°
Bearing from Lakeland
181.5° S

Halfway between Cape Coral and Lakeland

The great-circle midpoint is at 27.349352, -81.976236 (27°20'57.67"N 81°58'34.45"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Arcadia, FL, with 7,974 residents, 11.4 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, Cape Coral gets 13 h 49 min of daylight and Lakeland 13 h 55 min; on December 21, 10 h 28 min and 10 h 22 min. Lakeland is 1.41° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Cape Coral has 1.9 times the population of Lakeland. From July 2020 to July 2024, Cape Coral changed by +19.2% and Lakeland by +9.8%. Both are in Florida.

  1. 01Cape Coral, FL233,025 (+19.2%)
  2. 02Lakeland, FL124,990 (+9.8%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Cape Coral from Lakeland?

97.6 miles, 157.1 km or 84.8 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Lakeland from Cape Coral?

N. The great-circle path leaves Cape Coral on a bearing of 1.5° and arrives at Lakeland on 1.5°. The return trip starts on 181.5°.

What is halfway between Cape Coral and Lakeland?

The midpoint is at 27.349352, -81.976236. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Arcadia, FL, 11.4 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Cape Coral and Lakeland?

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

Which is bigger, Cape Coral or Lakeland?

Cape Coral, with 233,025 residents in July 2024 against 124,990 for Lakeland, 1.9 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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