Florida

Distance from Fort Lauderdale to Pembroke Pines

Straight-line distance

14.9mi

Fort Lauderdale, FL and Pembroke Pines, FL are 14.9 miles (23.9 km) apart in a straight line. From Fort Lauderdale, the shortest path starts out heading SW (234°).

kilometers
23.9
nautical miles
12.9
heading from Fort Lauderdale
234° SW
heading from Pembroke Pines
54° NE
Fort LauderdalePembroke Pines

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

How far Fort Lauderdale is from Pembroke Pines

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Fort Lauderdale and Pembroke Pines is 14.9 miles, 23.9 km or 12.9 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 14.9 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
14.9
Kilometers
23.9
Nautical miles
12.9
Bearing from Fort Lauderdale
234.0° SW
Bearing arriving at Pembroke Pines
233.9°
Bearing from Pembroke Pines
53.9° NE

Halfway between Fort Lauderdale and Pembroke Pines

The great-circle midpoint is at 26.077982, -80.243502 (26°04'40.74"N 80°14'36.61"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Davie, FL, with 112,052 residents, 2.4 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, Fort Lauderdale gets 13 h 47 min of daylight and Pembroke Pines 13 h 46 min; on December 21, 10 h 30 min and 10 h 31 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Fort Lauderdale has 1.1 times the population of Pembroke Pines. From July 2020 to July 2024, Fort Lauderdale changed by +4.3% and Pembroke Pines by +4.8%. Both are in Florida.

  1. 01Fort Lauderdale, FL190,641 (+4.3%)
  2. 02Pembroke Pines, FL179,326 (+4.8%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Fort Lauderdale from Pembroke Pines?

14.9 miles, 23.9 km or 12.9 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Pembroke Pines from Fort Lauderdale?

SW. The great-circle path leaves Fort Lauderdale on a bearing of 234.0° and arrives at Pembroke Pines on 233.9°. The return trip starts on 53.9°.

What is halfway between Fort Lauderdale and Pembroke Pines?

The midpoint is at 26.077982, -80.243502. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Davie, FL, 2.4 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Fort Lauderdale and Pembroke Pines?

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

Which is bigger, Fort Lauderdale or Pembroke Pines?

Fort Lauderdale, with 190,641 residents in July 2024 against 179,326 for Pembroke Pines, 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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