Washington

Distance from Everett to Tacoma

Straight-line distance

50.9mi

Everett, WA and Tacoma, WA are 50.9 miles (81.8 km) apart in a straight line. From Everett, the shortest path starts out heading SSW (194°).

kilometers
81.8
nautical miles
44.2
heading from Everett
194° SSW
heading from Tacoma
14° NNE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Everett is from Tacoma

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Everett and Tacoma is 50.9 miles, 81.8 km or 44.2 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 50.9 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
50.9
Kilometers
81.8
Nautical miles
44.2
Bearing from Everett
194.4° SSW
Bearing arriving at Tacoma
194.2°
Bearing from Tacoma
14.2° NNE

Halfway between Everett and Tacoma

The great-circle midpoint is at 47.608879, -122.325770 (47°36'31.96"N 122°19'32.77"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Seattle, WA, with 780,995 residents, 1.4 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/Los_Angeles, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Everett gets 16 h 03 min of daylight and Tacoma 15 h 56 min; on December 21, 8 h 23 min and 8 h 28 min. Everett is 0.71° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Tacoma has 2.0 times the population of Everett. From July 2020 to July 2024, Everett changed by +1.9% and Tacoma by +3.8%. Both are in Washington.

  1. 01Everett, WA113,011 (+1.9%)
  2. 02Tacoma, WA228,202 (+3.8%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Everett from Tacoma?

50.9 miles, 81.8 km or 44.2 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Tacoma from Everett?

SSW. The great-circle path leaves Everett on a bearing of 194.4° and arrives at Tacoma on 194.2°. The return trip starts on 14.2°.

What is halfway between Everett and Tacoma?

The midpoint is at 47.608879, -122.325770. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Seattle, WA, 1.4 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Everett and Tacoma?

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

Which is bigger, Everett or Tacoma?

Tacoma, with 228,202 residents in July 2024 against 113,011 for Everett, 2.0 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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