Mississippi to Tennessee

Distance from Jackson to Memphis

Straight-line distance

193.5mi

Jackson, MS and Memphis, TN are 193.5 miles (311.4 km) apart in a straight line. From Jackson, the shortest path starts out heading N (4°).

kilometers
311.4
nautical miles
168.2
heading from Jackson
4° N
heading from Memphis
184° S
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Jackson is from Memphis

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Jackson and Memphis is 193.5 miles, 311.4 km or 168.2 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 193.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
193.5
Kilometers
311.4
Nautical miles
168.2
Bearing from Jackson
4.1° N
Bearing arriving at Memphis
4.2°
Bearing from Memphis
184.2° S

Halfway between Jackson and Memphis

The great-circle midpoint is at 33.712560, -90.092637 (33°42'45.22"N 90°05'33.49"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Greenwood, MS, with 13,627 residents, 15.1 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, Jackson gets 14 h 16 min of daylight and Memphis 14 h 31 min; on December 21, 10 h 02 min and 9 h 48 min. Memphis is 2.79° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Memphis has 4.3 times the population of Jackson. From July 2020 to July 2024, Jackson changed by -7.6% and Memphis by -2.8%. The trip crosses from Mississippi into Tennessee.

  1. 01Jackson, MS141,449 (-7.6%)
  2. 02Memphis, TN610,919 (-2.8%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Jackson from Memphis?

193.5 miles, 311.4 km or 168.2 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Memphis from Jackson?

N. The great-circle path leaves Jackson on a bearing of 4.1° and arrives at Memphis on 4.2°. The return trip starts on 184.2°.

What is halfway between Jackson and Memphis?

The midpoint is at 33.712560, -90.092637. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Greenwood, MS, 15.1 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Jackson and Memphis?

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

Which is bigger, Jackson or Memphis?

Memphis, with 610,919 residents in July 2024 against 141,449 for Jackson, 4.3 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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