Florida

Distance from Clearwater to St. Petersburg

Straight-line distance

16.9mi

Clearwater, FL and St. Petersburg, FL are 16.9 miles (27.2 km) apart in a straight line. From Clearwater, the shortest path starts out heading SSE (153°).

kilometers
27.2
nautical miles
14.7
heading from Clearwater
153° SSE
heading from St. Petersburg
333° NNW
ClearwaterSt. Petersburg

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

How far Clearwater is from St. Petersburg

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Clearwater and St. Petersburg is 16.9 miles, 27.2 km or 14.7 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 16.9 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
16.9
Kilometers
27.2
Nautical miles
14.7
Bearing from Clearwater
152.5° SSE
Bearing arriving at St. Petersburg
152.6°
Bearing from St. Petersburg
332.6° NNW

Halfway between Clearwater and St. Petersburg

The great-circle midpoint is at 27.871065, -82.707636 (27°52'15.83"N 82°42'27.49"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Pinellas Park, FL, with 53,503 residents, 0.9 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 St. Petersburg 13 h 54 min; on December 21, 10 h 22 min and 10 h 23 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

St. Petersburg has 2.3 times the population of Clearwater. From July 2020 to July 2024, Clearwater changed by -0.5% and St. Petersburg by +3.0%. Both are in Florida.

  1. 01Clearwater, FL116,811 (-0.5%)
  2. 02St. Petersburg, FL267,102 (+3.0%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Clearwater from St. Petersburg?

16.9 miles, 27.2 km or 14.7 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is St. Petersburg from Clearwater?

SSE. The great-circle path leaves Clearwater on a bearing of 152.5° and arrives at St. Petersburg on 152.6°. The return trip starts on 332.6°.

What is halfway between Clearwater and St. Petersburg?

The midpoint is at 27.871065, -82.707636. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Pinellas Park, FL, 0.9 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Clearwater and St. Petersburg?

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

Which is bigger, Clearwater or St. Petersburg?

St. Petersburg, with 267,102 residents in July 2024 against 116,811 for Clearwater, 2.3 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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