Florida

Distance from Fort Lauderdale to Port St. Lucie

Straight-line distance

80.1mi

Fort Lauderdale, FL and Port St. Lucie, FL are 80.1 miles (129.0 km) apart in a straight line. From Fort Lauderdale, the shortest path starts out heading N (349°).

kilometers
129.0
nautical miles
69.6
heading from Fort Lauderdale
349° N
heading from Port St. Lucie
169° S
Fort LauderdalePort St. Lucie

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

How far Fort Lauderdale is from Port St. Lucie

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Fort Lauderdale and Port St. Lucie is 80.1 miles, 129.0 km or 69.6 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 80.1 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
80.1
Kilometers
129.0
Nautical miles
69.6
Bearing from Fort Lauderdale
349.3° N
Bearing arriving at Port St. Lucie
349.2°
Bearing from Port St. Lucie
169.2° S

Halfway between Fort Lauderdale and Port St. Lucie

The great-circle midpoint is at 26.710951, -80.266896 (26°42'39.42"N 80°16'0.82"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Loxahatchee Groves, FL, with 3,559 residents, 0.9 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 Port St. Lucie 13 h 52 min; on December 21, 10 h 30 min and 10 h 25 min. Port St. Lucie is 1.14° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Port St. Lucie has 1.4 times the population of Fort Lauderdale. From July 2020 to July 2024, Fort Lauderdale changed by +4.3% and Port St. Lucie by +25.0%. Both are in Florida.

  1. 01Fort Lauderdale, FL190,641 (+4.3%)
  2. 02Port St. Lucie, FL258,575 (+25.0%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Fort Lauderdale from Port St. Lucie?

80.1 miles, 129.0 km or 69.6 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Port St. Lucie from Fort Lauderdale?

N. The great-circle path leaves Fort Lauderdale on a bearing of 349.3° and arrives at Port St. Lucie on 349.2°. The return trip starts on 169.2°.

What is halfway between Fort Lauderdale and Port St. Lucie?

The midpoint is at 26.710951, -80.266896. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Loxahatchee Groves, FL, 0.9 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Fort Lauderdale and Port St. Lucie?

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

Which is bigger, Fort Lauderdale or Port St. Lucie?

Port St. Lucie, with 258,575 residents in July 2024 against 190,641 for Fort Lauderdale, 1.4 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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