Florida

Distance from Cape Coral to Tampa

Straight-line distance

96.3mi

Cape Coral, FL and Tampa, FL are 96.3 miles (155.1 km) apart in a straight line. From Cape Coral, the shortest path starts out heading NNW (342°).

kilometers
155.1
nautical miles
83.7
heading from Cape Coral
342° NNW
heading from Tampa
162° SSE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Cape Coral is from Tampa

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Cape Coral and Tampa is 96.3 miles, 155.1 km or 83.7 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 96.3 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
96.3
Kilometers
155.1
Nautical miles
83.7
Bearing from Cape Coral
342.2° NNW
Bearing arriving at Tampa
342.0°
Bearing from Tampa
162.0° SSE

Halfway between Cape Coral and Tampa

The great-circle midpoint is at 27.306857, -82.237108 (27°18'24.68"N 82°14'13.59"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Venice, FL, with 29,902 residents, 17.1 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, Cape Coral gets 13 h 49 min of daylight and Tampa 13 h 55 min; on December 21, 10 h 28 min and 10 h 22 min. Tampa is 1.33° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Tampa has 1.8 times the population of Cape Coral. From July 2020 to July 2024, Cape Coral changed by +19.2% and Tampa by +6.7%. Both are in Florida.

  1. 01Cape Coral, FL233,025 (+19.2%)
  2. 02Tampa, FL414,547 (+6.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Cape Coral from Tampa?

96.3 miles, 155.1 km or 83.7 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Tampa from Cape Coral?

NNW. The great-circle path leaves Cape Coral on a bearing of 342.2° and arrives at Tampa on 342.0°. The return trip starts on 162.0°.

What is halfway between Cape Coral and Tampa?

The midpoint is at 27.306857, -82.237108. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Venice, FL, 17.1 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Cape Coral and Tampa?

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

Which is bigger, Cape Coral or Tampa?

Tampa, with 414,547 residents in July 2024 against 233,025 for Cape Coral, 1.8 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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