Florida

Distance from Hialeah to Plantation

Straight-line distance

17.9mi

Hialeah, FL and Plantation, FL are 17.9 miles (28.7 km) apart in a straight line. From Hialeah, the shortest path starts out heading N (8°).

kilometers
28.7
nautical miles
15.5
heading from Hialeah
8° N
heading from Plantation
188° S
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Hialeah is from Plantation

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Hialeah and Plantation is 17.9 miles, 28.7 km or 15.5 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 17.9 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
17.9
Kilometers
28.7
Nautical miles
15.5
Bearing from Hialeah
8.2° N
Bearing arriving at Plantation
8.2°
Bearing from Plantation
188.2° S

Halfway between Hialeah and Plantation

The great-circle midpoint is at 25.997751, -80.282372 (25°59'51.91"N 80°16'56.54"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Cooper City, FL, with 35,541 residents, 3.5 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, Hialeah gets 13 h 45 min of daylight and Plantation 13 h 47 min; on December 21, 10 h 31 min and 10 h 30 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Hialeah has 2.3 times the population of Plantation. From July 2020 to July 2024, Hialeah changed by +5.8% and Plantation by +9.3%. Both are in Florida.

  1. 01Hialeah, FL235,388 (+5.8%)
  2. 02Plantation, FL100,694 (+9.3%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Hialeah from Plantation?

17.9 miles, 28.7 km or 15.5 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Plantation from Hialeah?

N. The great-circle path leaves Hialeah on a bearing of 8.2° and arrives at Plantation on 8.2°. The return trip starts on 188.2°.

What is halfway between Hialeah and Plantation?

The midpoint is at 25.997751, -80.282372. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Cooper City, FL, 3.5 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Hialeah and Plantation?

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

Which is bigger, Hialeah or Plantation?

Hialeah, with 235,388 residents in July 2024 against 100,694 for Plantation, 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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