Florida

Distance from Davie to Plantation

Straight-line distance

3.5mi

Davie, FL and Plantation, FL are 3.5 miles (5.6 km) apart in a straight line. From Davie, the shortest path starts out heading NNE (22°).

kilometers
5.6
nautical miles
3.0
heading from Davie
22° NNE
heading from Plantation
202° SSW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Davie is from Plantation

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Davie and Plantation is 3.5 miles, 5.6 km or 3.0 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 3.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
3.5
Kilometers
5.6
Nautical miles
3.0
Bearing from Davie
22.3° NNE
Bearing arriving at Plantation
22.3°
Bearing from Plantation
202.3° SSW

Halfway between Davie and Plantation

The great-circle midpoint is at 26.102400, -80.272402 (26°06'8.64"N 80°16'20.65"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Plantation, FL, with 100,694 residents, 1.7 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 Plantation 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

Davie has 1.1 times the population of Plantation. From July 2020 to July 2024, Davie changed by +5.7% and Plantation by +9.3%. Both are in Florida.

  1. 01Davie, FL112,052 (+5.7%)
  2. 02Plantation, FL100,694 (+9.3%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Davie from Plantation?

3.5 miles, 5.6 km or 3.0 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Plantation from Davie?

NNE. The great-circle path leaves Davie on a bearing of 22.3° and arrives at Plantation on 22.3°. The return trip starts on 202.3°.

What is halfway between Davie and Plantation?

The midpoint is at 26.102400, -80.272402. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Plantation, FL, 1.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Davie and Plantation?

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

Which is bigger, Davie or Plantation?

Davie, with 112,052 residents in July 2024 against 100,694 for Plantation, 1.1 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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