Florida

Distance from Gainesville to Lakeland

Straight-line distance

114.7mi

Gainesville, FL and Lakeland, FL are 114.7 miles (184.6 km) apart in a straight line. From Gainesville, the shortest path starts out heading SSE (168°).

kilometers
184.6
nautical miles
99.7
heading from Gainesville
168° SSE
heading from Lakeland
348° NNW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Gainesville is from Lakeland

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Gainesville and Lakeland is 114.7 miles, 184.6 km or 99.7 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 114.7 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
114.7
Kilometers
184.6
Nautical miles
99.7
Bearing from Gainesville
168.0° SSE
Bearing arriving at Lakeland
168.2°
Bearing from Lakeland
348.2° NNW

Halfway between Gainesville and Lakeland

The great-circle midpoint is at 28.867642, -82.149269 (28°52'3.51"N 82°08'57.37"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Wildwood, FL, with 19,031 residents, 9.6 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, Gainesville gets 14 h 03 min of daylight and Lakeland 13 h 55 min; on December 21, 10 h 14 min and 10 h 22 min. Gainesville is 1.62° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Gainesville has 1.2 times the population of Lakeland. From July 2020 to July 2024, Gainesville changed by +4.5% and Lakeland by +9.8%. Both are in Florida.

  1. 01Gainesville, FL148,720 (+4.5%)
  2. 02Lakeland, FL124,990 (+9.8%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Gainesville from Lakeland?

114.7 miles, 184.6 km or 99.7 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Lakeland from Gainesville?

SSE. The great-circle path leaves Gainesville on a bearing of 168.0° and arrives at Lakeland on 168.2°. The return trip starts on 348.2°.

What is halfway between Gainesville and Lakeland?

The midpoint is at 28.867642, -82.149269. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Wildwood, FL, 9.6 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Gainesville and Lakeland?

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

Which is bigger, Gainesville or Lakeland?

Gainesville, with 148,720 residents in July 2024 against 124,990 for Lakeland, 1.2 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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