Florida

Distance from Jacksonville to Lakeland

Straight-line distance

158.6mi

Jacksonville, FL and Lakeland, FL are 158.6 miles (255.3 km) apart in a straight line. From Jacksonville, the shortest path starts out heading S (186°).

kilometers
255.3
nautical miles
137.8
heading from Jacksonville
186° S
heading from Lakeland
6° N
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Jacksonville is from Lakeland

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Jacksonville and Lakeland is 158.6 miles, 255.3 km or 137.8 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 158.6 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
158.6
Kilometers
255.3
Nautical miles
137.8
Bearing from Jacksonville
186.5° S
Bearing arriving at Lakeland
186.3°
Bearing from Lakeland
6.3° N

Halfway between Jacksonville and Lakeland

The great-circle midpoint is at 29.196280, -81.809831 (29°11'46.61"N 81°48'35.39"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Belleview, FL, with 6,156 residents, 17.6 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, Jacksonville gets 14 h 06 min of daylight and Lakeland 13 h 55 min; on December 21, 10 h 11 min and 10 h 22 min. Jacksonville is 2.28° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Jacksonville has 8.1 times the population of Lakeland. From July 2020 to July 2024, Jacksonville changed by +6.1% and Lakeland by +9.8%. Both are in Florida.

  1. 01Jacksonville, FL1,009,833 (+6.1%)
  2. 02Lakeland, FL124,990 (+9.8%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Jacksonville from Lakeland?

158.6 miles, 255.3 km or 137.8 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Lakeland from Jacksonville?

S. The great-circle path leaves Jacksonville on a bearing of 186.5° and arrives at Lakeland on 186.3°. The return trip starts on 6.3°.

What is halfway between Jacksonville and Lakeland?

The midpoint is at 29.196280, -81.809831. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Belleview, FL, 17.6 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Jacksonville and Lakeland?

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

Which is bigger, Jacksonville or Lakeland?

Jacksonville, with 1,009,833 residents in July 2024 against 124,990 for Lakeland, 8.1 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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