Alabama

Distance from Huntsville to Tuscaloosa

Straight-line distance

112.3mi

Huntsville, AL and Tuscaloosa, AL are 112.3 miles (180.7 km) apart in a straight line. From Huntsville, the shortest path starts out heading SSW (206°).

kilometers
180.7
nautical miles
97.6
heading from Huntsville
206° SSW
heading from Tuscaloosa
26° NNE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Huntsville is from Tuscaloosa

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Huntsville and Tuscaloosa is 112.3 miles, 180.7 km or 97.6 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 112.3 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
112.3
Kilometers
180.7
Nautical miles
97.6
Bearing from Huntsville
206.0° SSW
Bearing arriving at Tuscaloosa
205.5°
Bearing from Tuscaloosa
25.5° NNE

Halfway between Huntsville and Tuscaloosa

The great-circle midpoint is at 33.966783, -87.106163 (33°58'0.42"N 87°06'22.19"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Jasper, AL, with 14,561 residents, 12.2 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/Chicago, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Huntsville gets 14 h 29 min of daylight and Tuscaloosa 14 h 21 min; on December 21, 9 h 50 min and 9 h 57 min. Huntsville is 1.46° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Huntsville has 2.0 times the population of Tuscaloosa. From July 2020 to July 2024, Huntsville changed by +6.5% and Tuscaloosa by +8.2%. Both are in Alabama.

  1. 01Huntsville, AL230,402 (+6.5%)
  2. 02Tuscaloosa, AL114,288 (+8.2%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Huntsville from Tuscaloosa?

112.3 miles, 180.7 km or 97.6 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Tuscaloosa from Huntsville?

SSW. The great-circle path leaves Huntsville on a bearing of 206.0° and arrives at Tuscaloosa on 205.5°. The return trip starts on 25.5°.

What is halfway between Huntsville and Tuscaloosa?

The midpoint is at 33.966783, -87.106163. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Jasper, AL, 12.2 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Huntsville and Tuscaloosa?

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

Which is bigger, Huntsville or Tuscaloosa?

Huntsville, with 230,402 residents in July 2024 against 114,288 for Tuscaloosa, 2.0 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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