Florida

Distance from Cape Coral to Port St. Lucie

Straight-line distance

108.4mi

Cape Coral, FL and Port St. Lucie, FL are 108.4 miles (174.5 km) apart in a straight line. From Cape Coral, the shortest path starts out heading ENE (66°).

kilometers
174.5
nautical miles
94.2
heading from Cape Coral
66° ENE
heading from Port St. Lucie
246° WSW
Cape CoralPort St. Lucie

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

How far Cape Coral is from Port St. Lucie

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Cape Coral and Port St. Lucie is 108.4 miles, 174.5 km or 94.2 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 108.4 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
108.4
Kilometers
174.5
Nautical miles
94.2
Bearing from Cape Coral
65.7° ENE
Bearing arriving at Port St. Lucie
66.4°
Bearing from Port St. Lucie
246.4° WSW

Halfway between Cape Coral and Port St. Lucie

The great-circle midpoint is at 26.964183, -81.195127 (26°57'51.06"N 81°11'42.46"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Moore Haven, FL, with 1,711 residents, 10.8 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 Port St. Lucie 13 h 52 min; on December 21, 10 h 28 min and 10 h 25 min. Port St. Lucie is 0.64° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Port St. Lucie has 1.1 times the population of Cape Coral. From July 2020 to July 2024, Cape Coral changed by +19.2% and Port St. Lucie by +25.0%. Both are in Florida.

  1. 01Cape Coral, FL233,025 (+19.2%)
  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 Cape Coral from Port St. Lucie?

108.4 miles, 174.5 km or 94.2 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Port St. Lucie from Cape Coral?

ENE. The great-circle path leaves Cape Coral on a bearing of 65.7° and arrives at Port St. Lucie on 66.4°. The return trip starts on 246.4°.

What is halfway between Cape Coral and Port St. Lucie?

The midpoint is at 26.964183, -81.195127. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Moore Haven, FL, 10.8 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Cape Coral and Port St. Lucie?

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

Which is bigger, Cape Coral or Port St. Lucie?

Port St. Lucie, with 258,575 residents in July 2024 against 233,025 for Cape Coral, 1.1 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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