Florida

Distance from Clearwater to Palm Bay

Straight-line distance

128.5mi

Clearwater, FL and Palm Bay, FL are 128.5 miles (206.9 km) apart in a straight line. From Clearwater, the shortest path starts out heading E (90°).

kilometers
206.9
nautical miles
111.7
heading from Clearwater
90° E
heading from Palm Bay
271° W
ClearwaterPalm Bay

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

How far Clearwater is from Palm Bay

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Clearwater and Palm Bay is 128.5 miles, 206.9 km or 111.7 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 128.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
128.5
Kilometers
206.9
Nautical miles
111.7
Bearing from Clearwater
90.3° E
Bearing arriving at Palm Bay
91.3°
Bearing from Palm Bay
271.3° W

Halfway between Clearwater and Palm Bay

The great-circle midpoint is at 27.971109, -81.718030 (27°58'15.99"N 81°43'4.91"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Eagle Lake, FL, with 5,576 residents, 2.3 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, Clearwater gets 13 h 55 min of daylight and Palm Bay 13 h 55 min; on December 21, 10 h 22 min and 10 h 22 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Palm Bay has 1.2 times the population of Clearwater. From July 2020 to July 2024, Clearwater changed by -0.5% and Palm Bay by +18.2%. Both are in Florida.

  1. 01Clearwater, FL116,811 (-0.5%)
  2. 02Palm Bay, FL142,023 (+18.2%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Clearwater from Palm Bay?

128.5 miles, 206.9 km or 111.7 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Palm Bay from Clearwater?

E. The great-circle path leaves Clearwater on a bearing of 90.3° and arrives at Palm Bay on 91.3°. The return trip starts on 271.3°.

What is halfway between Clearwater and Palm Bay?

The midpoint is at 27.971109, -81.718030. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Eagle Lake, FL, 2.3 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Clearwater and Palm Bay?

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

Which is bigger, Clearwater or Palm Bay?

Palm Bay, with 142,023 residents in July 2024 against 116,811 for Clearwater, 1.2 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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