Florida

Distance from Deltona to Lakeland

Straight-line distance

74.1mi

Deltona, FL and Lakeland, FL are 74.1 miles (119.2 km) apart in a straight line. From Deltona, the shortest path starts out heading SW (218°).

kilometers
119.2
nautical miles
64.4
heading from Deltona
218° SW
heading from Lakeland
37° NE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Deltona is from Lakeland

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Deltona and Lakeland is 74.1 miles, 119.2 km or 64.4 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 74.1 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
74.1
Kilometers
119.2
Nautical miles
64.4
Bearing from Deltona
217.8° SW
Bearing arriving at Lakeland
217.4°
Bearing from Lakeland
37.4° NE

Halfway between Deltona and Lakeland

The great-circle midpoint is at 28.480806, -81.584396 (28°28'50.90"N 81°35'3.83"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Windermere, FL, with 3,223 residents, 3.3 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, Deltona gets 13 h 59 min of daylight and Lakeland 13 h 55 min; on December 21, 10 h 18 min and 10 h 22 min. Deltona is 0.85° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Lakeland has 1.2 times the population of Deltona. From July 2020 to July 2024, Deltona changed by +6.9% and Lakeland by +9.8%. Both are in Florida.

  1. 01Deltona, FL100,513 (+6.9%)
  2. 02Lakeland, FL124,990 (+9.8%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Deltona from Lakeland?

74.1 miles, 119.2 km or 64.4 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Lakeland from Deltona?

SW. The great-circle path leaves Deltona on a bearing of 217.8° and arrives at Lakeland on 217.4°. The return trip starts on 37.4°.

What is halfway between Deltona and Lakeland?

The midpoint is at 28.480806, -81.584396. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Windermere, FL, 3.3 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Deltona and Lakeland?

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

Which is bigger, Deltona or Lakeland?

Lakeland, with 124,990 residents in July 2024 against 100,513 for Deltona, 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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