Florida

Distance from Jacksonville to Orlando

Straight-line distance

135.5mi

Jacksonville, FL and Orlando, FL are 135.5 miles (218.0 km) apart in a straight line. From Jacksonville, the shortest path starts out heading S (169°).

kilometers
218.0
nautical miles
117.7
heading from Jacksonville
169° S
heading from Orlando
350° N
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Jacksonville is from Orlando

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Jacksonville and Orlando is 135.5 miles, 218.0 km or 117.7 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 135.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
135.5
Kilometers
218.0
Nautical miles
117.7
Bearing from Jacksonville
169.5° S
Bearing arriving at Orlando
169.7°
Bearing from Orlando
349.7° N

Halfway between Jacksonville and Orlando

The great-circle midpoint is at 29.372954, -81.456273 (29°22'22.64"N 81°27'22.58"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Crescent City, FL, with 1,724 residents, 5.5 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, Jacksonville gets 14 h 06 min of daylight and Orlando 13 h 57 min; on December 21, 10 h 11 min and 10 h 20 min. Jacksonville is 1.93° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Jacksonville has 3.0 times the population of Orlando. From July 2020 to July 2024, Jacksonville changed by +6.1% and Orlando by +8.8%. Both are in Florida.

  1. 01Jacksonville, FL1,009,833 (+6.1%)
  2. 02Orlando, FL334,854 (+8.8%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Jacksonville from Orlando?

135.5 miles, 218.0 km or 117.7 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Orlando from Jacksonville?

S. The great-circle path leaves Jacksonville on a bearing of 169.5° and arrives at Orlando on 169.7°. The return trip starts on 349.7°.

What is halfway between Jacksonville and Orlando?

The midpoint is at 29.372954, -81.456273. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Crescent City, FL, 5.5 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Jacksonville and Orlando?

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

Which is bigger, Jacksonville or Orlando?

Jacksonville, with 1,009,833 residents in July 2024 against 334,854 for Orlando, 3.0 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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