Florida

Distance from Clearwater to Tallahassee

Straight-line distance

192.9mi

Clearwater, FL and Tallahassee, FL are 192.9 miles (310.4 km) apart in a straight line. From Clearwater, the shortest path starts out heading NNW (333°).

kilometers
310.4
nautical miles
167.6
heading from Clearwater
333° NNW
heading from Tallahassee
152° SSE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Clearwater is from Tallahassee

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Clearwater and Tallahassee is 192.9 miles, 310.4 km or 167.6 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 192.9 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
192.9
Kilometers
310.4
Nautical miles
167.6
Bearing from Clearwater
332.8° NNW
Bearing arriving at Tallahassee
332.1°
Bearing from Tallahassee
152.1° SSE

Halfway between Clearwater and Tallahassee

The great-circle midpoint is at 29.218488, -83.502857 (29°13'6.56"N 83°30'10.28"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Cross City, FL, with 1,816 residents, 36.9 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 Tallahassee 14 h 07 min; on December 21, 10 h 22 min and 10 h 11 min. Tallahassee is 2.47° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Tallahassee has 1.8 times the population of Clearwater. From July 2020 to July 2024, Clearwater changed by -0.5% and Tallahassee by +3.6%. Both are in Florida.

  1. 01Clearwater, FL116,811 (-0.5%)
  2. 02Tallahassee, FL205,089 (+3.6%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Clearwater from Tallahassee?

192.9 miles, 310.4 km or 167.6 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Tallahassee from Clearwater?

NNW. The great-circle path leaves Clearwater on a bearing of 332.8° and arrives at Tallahassee on 332.1°. The return trip starts on 152.1°.

What is halfway between Clearwater and Tallahassee?

The midpoint is at 29.218488, -83.502857. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Cross City, FL, 36.9 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Clearwater and Tallahassee?

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

Which is bigger, Clearwater or Tallahassee?

Tallahassee, with 205,089 residents in July 2024 against 116,811 for Clearwater, 1.8 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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