Florida

Distance from Fort Lauderdale to West Palm Beach

Straight-line distance

41.7mi

Fort Lauderdale, FL and West Palm Beach, FL are 41.7 miles (67.2 km) apart in a straight line. From Fort Lauderdale, the shortest path starts out heading N (2°).

kilometers
67.2
nautical miles
36.3
heading from Fort Lauderdale
2° N
heading from West Palm Beach
182° S
Fort LauderdaleWest Palm Beach

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

How far Fort Lauderdale is from West Palm Beach

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach is 41.7 miles, 67.2 km or 36.3 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 41.7 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
41.7
Kilometers
67.2
Nautical miles
36.3
Bearing from Fort Lauderdale
1.7° N
Bearing arriving at West Palm Beach
1.7°
Bearing from West Palm Beach
181.7° S

Halfway between Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach

The great-circle midpoint is at 26.443150, -80.136876 (26°26'35.34"N 80°08'12.75"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Delray Beach, FL, with 70,140 residents, 3.0 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 West Palm Beach 13 h 49 min; on December 21, 10 h 30 min and 10 h 28 min. West Palm Beach is 0.60° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Fort Lauderdale has 1.5 times the population of West Palm Beach. From July 2020 to July 2024, Fort Lauderdale changed by +4.3% and West Palm Beach by +8.7%. Both are in Florida.

  1. 01Fort Lauderdale, FL190,641 (+4.3%)
  2. 02West Palm Beach, FL127,744 (+8.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Fort Lauderdale from West Palm Beach?

41.7 miles, 67.2 km or 36.3 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is West Palm Beach from Fort Lauderdale?

N. The great-circle path leaves Fort Lauderdale on a bearing of 1.7° and arrives at West Palm Beach on 1.7°. The return trip starts on 181.7°.

What is halfway between Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach?

The midpoint is at 26.443150, -80.136876. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Delray Beach, FL, 3.0 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach?

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

Which is bigger, Fort Lauderdale or West Palm Beach?

Fort Lauderdale, with 190,641 residents in July 2024 against 127,744 for West Palm Beach, 1.5 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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