Florida

Distance from Davie to Fort Lauderdale

Straight-line distance

9.5mi

Davie, FL and Fort Lauderdale, FL are 9.5 miles (15.3 km) apart in a straight line. From Davie, the shortest path starts out heading ENE (63°).

kilometers
15.3
nautical miles
8.2
heading from Davie
63° ENE
heading from Fort Lauderdale
243° WSW
DavieFort Lauderdale

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

How far Davie is from Fort Lauderdale

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Davie and Fort Lauderdale is 9.5 miles, 15.3 km or 8.2 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 9.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
9.5
Kilometers
15.3
Nautical miles
8.2
Bearing from Davie
63.1° ENE
Bearing arriving at Fort Lauderdale
63.2°
Bearing from Fort Lauderdale
243.2° WSW

Halfway between Davie and Fort Lauderdale

The great-circle midpoint is at 26.110216, -80.214868 (26°06'36.78"N 80°12'53.53"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Plantation, FL, with 100,694 residents, 3.1 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, Davie gets 13 h 46 min of daylight and Fort Lauderdale 13 h 47 min; on December 21, 10 h 30 min and 10 h 30 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Fort Lauderdale has 1.7 times the population of Davie. From July 2020 to July 2024, Davie changed by +5.7% and Fort Lauderdale by +4.3%. Both are in Florida.

  1. 01Davie, FL112,052 (+5.7%)
  2. 02Fort Lauderdale, FL190,641 (+4.3%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Davie from Fort Lauderdale?

9.5 miles, 15.3 km or 8.2 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Fort Lauderdale from Davie?

ENE. The great-circle path leaves Davie on a bearing of 63.1° and arrives at Fort Lauderdale on 63.2°. The return trip starts on 243.2°.

What is halfway between Davie and Fort Lauderdale?

The midpoint is at 26.110216, -80.214868. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Plantation, FL, 3.1 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Davie and Fort Lauderdale?

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

Which is bigger, Davie or Fort Lauderdale?

Fort Lauderdale, with 190,641 residents in July 2024 against 112,052 for Davie, 1.7 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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