Florida

Distance from Deltona to St. Petersburg

Straight-line distance

117.6mi

Deltona, FL and St. Petersburg, FL are 117.6 miles (189.2 km) apart in a straight line. From Deltona, the shortest path starts out heading SW (228°).

kilometers
189.2
nautical miles
102.2
heading from Deltona
228° SW
heading from St. Petersburg
47° NE
DeltonaSt. Petersburg

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

How far Deltona is from St. Petersburg

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Deltona and St. Petersburg is 117.6 miles, 189.2 km or 102.2 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 117.6 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
117.6
Kilometers
189.2
Nautical miles
102.2
Bearing from Deltona
228.2° SW
Bearing arriving at St. Petersburg
227.5°
Bearing from St. Petersburg
47.5° NE

Halfway between Deltona and St. Petersburg

The great-circle midpoint is at 28.335772, -81.931402 (28°20'8.78"N 81°55'53.05"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Polk City, FL, with 3,076 residents, 12.4 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 St. Petersburg 13 h 54 min; on December 21, 10 h 18 min and 10 h 23 min. Deltona is 1.14° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

St. Petersburg has 2.7 times the population of Deltona. From July 2020 to July 2024, Deltona changed by +6.9% and St. Petersburg by +3.0%. Both are in Florida.

  1. 01Deltona, FL100,513 (+6.9%)
  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 Deltona from St. Petersburg?

117.6 miles, 189.2 km or 102.2 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is St. Petersburg from Deltona?

SW. The great-circle path leaves Deltona on a bearing of 228.2° and arrives at St. Petersburg on 227.5°. The return trip starts on 47.5°.

What is halfway between Deltona and St. Petersburg?

The midpoint is at 28.335772, -81.931402. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Polk City, FL, 12.4 miles from it.

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

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

Which is bigger, Deltona or St. Petersburg?

St. Petersburg, with 267,102 residents in July 2024 against 100,513 for Deltona, 2.7 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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