Tennessee

Distance from Chattanooga to Knoxville

Straight-line distance

96.2mi

Chattanooga, TN and Knoxville, TN are 96.2 miles (154.7 km) apart in a straight line. From Chattanooga, the shortest path starts out heading NE (49°).

kilometers
154.7
nautical miles
83.6
heading from Chattanooga
49° NE
heading from Knoxville
230° SW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Chattanooga is from Knoxville

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Chattanooga and Knoxville is 96.2 miles, 154.7 km or 83.6 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 96.1 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
96.2
Kilometers
154.7
Nautical miles
83.6
Bearing from Chattanooga
49.1° NE
Bearing arriving at Knoxville
49.8°
Bearing from Knoxville
229.8° SW

Halfway between Chattanooga and Knoxville

The great-circle midpoint is at 35.520091, -84.602511 (35°31'12.33"N 84°36'9.04"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Athens, TN, with 15,050 residents, 4.3 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, Chattanooga gets 14 h 31 min of daylight and Knoxville 14 h 36 min; on December 21, 9 h 48 min and 9 h 43 min. Knoxville is 0.90° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Knoxville has 1.0 times the population of Chattanooga. From July 2020 to July 2024, Chattanooga changed by +5.1% and Knoxville by +3.9%. Both are in Tennessee.

  1. 01Chattanooga, TN191,496 (+5.1%)
  2. 02Knoxville, TN198,722 (+3.9%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Chattanooga from Knoxville?

96.2 miles, 154.7 km or 83.6 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Knoxville from Chattanooga?

NE. The great-circle path leaves Chattanooga on a bearing of 49.1° and arrives at Knoxville on 49.8°. The return trip starts on 229.8°.

What is halfway between Chattanooga and Knoxville?

The midpoint is at 35.520091, -84.602511. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Athens, TN, 4.3 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Chattanooga and Knoxville?

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

Which is bigger, Chattanooga or Knoxville?

Knoxville, with 198,722 residents in July 2024 against 191,496 for Chattanooga, 1.0 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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