Florida

Distance from Clearwater to Gainesville

Straight-line distance

120.2mi

Clearwater, FL and Gainesville, FL are 120.2 miles (193.5 km) apart in a straight line. From Clearwater, the shortest path starts out heading NNE (12°).

kilometers
193.5
nautical miles
104.5
heading from Clearwater
12° NNE
heading from Gainesville
192° SSW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Clearwater is from Gainesville

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Clearwater and Gainesville is 120.2 miles, 193.5 km or 104.5 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 120.2 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
120.2
Kilometers
193.5
Nautical miles
104.5
Bearing from Clearwater
12.2° NNE
Bearing arriving at Gainesville
12.4°
Bearing from Gainesville
192.4° SSW

Halfway between Clearwater and Gainesville

The great-circle midpoint is at 28.829616, -82.560783 (28°49'46.62"N 82°33'38.82"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Crystal River, FL, with 3,661 residents, 5.2 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, Clearwater gets 13 h 55 min of daylight and Gainesville 14 h 03 min; on December 21, 10 h 22 min and 10 h 14 min. Gainesville is 1.70° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Gainesville has 1.3 times the population of Clearwater. From July 2020 to July 2024, Clearwater changed by -0.5% and Gainesville by +4.5%. Both are in Florida.

  1. 01Clearwater, FL116,811 (-0.5%)
  2. 02Gainesville, FL148,720 (+4.5%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Clearwater from Gainesville?

120.2 miles, 193.5 km or 104.5 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Gainesville from Clearwater?

NNE. The great-circle path leaves Clearwater on a bearing of 12.2° and arrives at Gainesville on 12.4°. The return trip starts on 192.4°.

What is halfway between Clearwater and Gainesville?

The midpoint is at 28.829616, -82.560783. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Crystal River, FL, 5.2 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Clearwater and Gainesville?

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

Which is bigger, Clearwater or Gainesville?

Gainesville, with 148,720 residents in July 2024 against 116,811 for Clearwater, 1.3 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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