Indiana

Distance from Carmel to Evansville

Straight-line distance

155.6mi

Carmel, IN and Evansville, IN are 155.6 miles (250.4 km) apart in a straight line. From Carmel, the shortest path starts out heading SSW (209°).

kilometers
250.4
nautical miles
135.2
heading from Carmel
209° SSW
heading from Evansville
28° NNE
CarmelEvansville

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

How far Carmel is from Evansville

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Carmel and Evansville is 155.6 miles, 250.4 km or 135.2 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 155.6 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
155.6
Kilometers
250.4
Nautical miles
135.2
Bearing from Carmel
209.0° SSW
Bearing arriving at Evansville
208.2°
Bearing from Evansville
28.2° NNE

Halfway between Carmel and Evansville

The great-circle midpoint is at 38.978650, -86.851231 (38°58'43.14"N 86°51'4.43"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Bloomfield, IN, with 2,297 residents, 5.7 miles from the midpoint. To find towns near the midpoint of any two places, use the halfway tool.

Time zones and daylight

Carmel uses America/Indiana/Indianapolis and Evansville uses America/Chicago; Evansville is 1 hour behind all year. On June 21, Carmel gets 15 h 01 min of daylight and Evansville 14 h 48 min; on December 21, 9 h 20 min and 9 h 32 min. Carmel is 1.98° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Evansville has 1.1 times the population of Carmel. From July 2020 to July 2024, Carmel changed by +3.7% and Evansville by -1.7%. Both are in Indiana.

  1. 01Carmel, IN103,606 (+3.7%)
  2. 02Evansville, IN115,395 (-1.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Carmel from Evansville?

155.6 miles, 250.4 km or 135.2 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Evansville from Carmel?

SSW. The great-circle path leaves Carmel on a bearing of 209.0° and arrives at Evansville on 208.2°. The return trip starts on 28.2°.

What is halfway between Carmel and Evansville?

The midpoint is at 38.978650, -86.851231. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Bloomfield, IN, 5.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Carmel and Evansville?

Carmel uses America/Indiana/Indianapolis and Evansville uses America/Chicago; Evansville is 1 hour behind all year.

Which is bigger, Carmel or Evansville?

Evansville, with 115,395 residents in July 2024 against 103,606 for Carmel, 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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