Tennessee

Distance from Chattanooga to Nashville-Davidson

Straight-line distance

115.3mi

Chattanooga, TN and Nashville-Davidson, TN are 115.3 miles (185.5 km) apart in a straight line. From Chattanooga, the shortest path starts out heading NW (312°).

kilometers
185.5
nautical miles
100.2
heading from Chattanooga
312° NW
heading from Nashville-Davidson
131° SE
ChattanoogaNashville-Davidson

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

How far Chattanooga is from Nashville-Davidson

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Chattanooga and Nashville-Davidson is 115.3 miles, 185.5 km or 100.2 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 115.3 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
115.3
Kilometers
185.5
Nautical miles
100.2
Bearing from Chattanooga
312.0° NW
Bearing arriving at Nashville-Davidson
311.1°
Bearing from Nashville-Davidson
131.1° SE

Halfway between Chattanooga and Nashville-Davidson

The great-circle midpoint is at 35.621339, -86.011388 (35°37'16.82"N 86°00'41.00"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Manchester, TN, with 13,484 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

Chattanooga uses America/New_York and Nashville-Davidson uses America/Chicago; Nashville-Davidson is 1 hour behind all year. On June 21, Chattanooga gets 14 h 31 min of daylight and Nashville-Davidson 14 h 37 min; on December 21, 9 h 48 min and 9 h 42 min. Nashville-Davidson is 1.11° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Nashville-Davidson has 3.7 times the population of Chattanooga. From July 2020 to July 2024, Chattanooga changed by +5.1% and Nashville-Davidson by +2.2%. Both are in Tennessee.

  1. 01Chattanooga, TN191,496 (+5.1%)
  2. 02Nashville-Davidson, TN704,963 (+2.2%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Chattanooga from Nashville-Davidson?

115.3 miles, 185.5 km or 100.2 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Nashville-Davidson from Chattanooga?

NW. The great-circle path leaves Chattanooga on a bearing of 312.0° and arrives at Nashville-Davidson on 311.1°. The return trip starts on 131.1°.

What is halfway between Chattanooga and Nashville-Davidson?

The midpoint is at 35.621339, -86.011388. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Manchester, TN, 11.4 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Chattanooga and Nashville-Davidson?

Chattanooga uses America/New_York and Nashville-Davidson uses America/Chicago; Nashville-Davidson is 1 hour behind all year.

Which is bigger, Chattanooga or Nashville-Davidson?

Nashville-Davidson, with 704,963 residents in July 2024 against 191,496 for Chattanooga, 3.7 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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