Florida

Distance from Gainesville to Orlando

Straight-line distance

109.8mi

Gainesville, FL and Orlando, FL are 109.8 miles (176.7 km) apart in a straight line. From Gainesville, the shortest path starts out heading SE (143°).

kilometers
176.7
nautical miles
95.4
heading from Gainesville
143° SE
heading from Orlando
323° NW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Gainesville is from Orlando

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Gainesville and Orlando is 109.8 miles, 176.7 km or 95.4 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 109.8 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
109.8
Kilometers
176.7
Nautical miles
95.4
Bearing from Gainesville
142.8° SE
Bearing arriving at Orlando
143.3°
Bearing from Orlando
323.3° NW

Halfway between Gainesville and Orlando

The great-circle midpoint is at 29.045204, -81.797437 (29°02'42.74"N 81°47'50.77"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Umatilla, FL, with 3,976 residents, 11.5 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 Orlando 13 h 57 min; on December 21, 10 h 14 min and 10 h 20 min. Gainesville is 1.27° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Orlando has 2.3 times the population of Gainesville. From July 2020 to July 2024, Gainesville changed by +4.5% and Orlando by +8.8%. Both are in Florida.

  1. 01Gainesville, FL148,720 (+4.5%)
  2. 02Orlando, FL334,854 (+8.8%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Gainesville from Orlando?

109.8 miles, 176.7 km or 95.4 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Orlando from Gainesville?

SE. The great-circle path leaves Gainesville on a bearing of 142.8° and arrives at Orlando on 143.3°. The return trip starts on 323.3°.

What is halfway between Gainesville and Orlando?

The midpoint is at 29.045204, -81.797437. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Umatilla, FL, 11.5 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Gainesville and Orlando?

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

Which is bigger, Gainesville or Orlando?

Orlando, with 334,854 residents in July 2024 against 148,720 for Gainesville, 2.3 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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