Florida

Distance from Gainesville to Tallahassee

Straight-line distance

125.9mi

Gainesville, FL and Tallahassee, FL are 125.9 miles (202.6 km) apart in a straight line. From Gainesville, the shortest path starts out heading WNW (296°).

kilometers
202.6
nautical miles
109.4
heading from Gainesville
296° WNW
heading from Tallahassee
115° ESE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Gainesville is from Tallahassee

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Gainesville and Tallahassee is 125.9 miles, 202.6 km or 109.4 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 125.9 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
125.9
Kilometers
202.6
Nautical miles
109.4
Bearing from Gainesville
295.6° WNW
Bearing arriving at Tallahassee
294.7°
Bearing from Tallahassee
114.7° ESE

Halfway between Gainesville and Tallahassee

The great-circle midpoint is at 30.069935, -83.295824 (30°04'11.77"N 83°17'44.97"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Mayo, FL, with 1,087 residents, 7.2 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 Tallahassee 14 h 07 min; on December 21, 10 h 14 min and 10 h 11 min. Tallahassee is 0.77° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Tallahassee has 1.4 times the population of Gainesville. From July 2020 to July 2024, Gainesville changed by +4.5% and Tallahassee by +3.6%. Both are in Florida.

  1. 01Gainesville, FL148,720 (+4.5%)
  2. 02Tallahassee, FL205,089 (+3.6%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Gainesville from Tallahassee?

125.9 miles, 202.6 km or 109.4 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Tallahassee from Gainesville?

WNW. The great-circle path leaves Gainesville on a bearing of 295.6° and arrives at Tallahassee on 294.7°. The return trip starts on 114.7°.

What is halfway between Gainesville and Tallahassee?

The midpoint is at 30.069935, -83.295824. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Mayo, FL, 7.2 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Gainesville and Tallahassee?

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

Which is bigger, Gainesville or Tallahassee?

Tallahassee, with 205,089 residents in July 2024 against 148,720 for Gainesville, 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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