Florida

Distance from Gainesville to Tampa

Straight-line distance

118.4mi

Gainesville, FL and Tampa, FL are 118.4 miles (190.5 km) apart in a straight line. From Gainesville, the shortest path starts out heading S (184°).

kilometers
190.5
nautical miles
102.9
heading from Gainesville
184° S
heading from Tampa
4° N
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Gainesville is from Tampa

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Gainesville and Tampa is 118.4 miles, 190.5 km or 102.9 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 118.4 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
118.4
Kilometers
190.5
Nautical miles
102.9
Bearing from Gainesville
183.9° S
Bearing arriving at Tampa
183.9°
Bearing from Tampa
3.9° N

Halfway between Gainesville and Tampa

The great-circle midpoint is at 28.824816, -82.413796 (28°49'29.34"N 82°24'49.66"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Inverness, FL, with 7,887 residents, 4.5 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 Tampa 13 h 55 min; on December 21, 10 h 14 min and 10 h 22 min. Gainesville is 1.71° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Tampa has 2.8 times the population of Gainesville. From July 2020 to July 2024, Gainesville changed by +4.5% and Tampa by +6.7%. Both are in Florida.

  1. 01Gainesville, FL148,720 (+4.5%)
  2. 02Tampa, FL414,547 (+6.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Gainesville from Tampa?

118.4 miles, 190.5 km or 102.9 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Tampa from Gainesville?

S. The great-circle path leaves Gainesville on a bearing of 183.9° and arrives at Tampa on 183.9°. The return trip starts on 3.9°.

What is halfway between Gainesville and Tampa?

The midpoint is at 28.824816, -82.413796. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Inverness, FL, 4.5 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Gainesville and Tampa?

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

Which is bigger, Gainesville or Tampa?

Tampa, with 414,547 residents in July 2024 against 148,720 for Gainesville, 2.8 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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