Florida

Distance from Jacksonville to Tampa

Straight-line distance

170.8mi

Jacksonville, FL and Tampa, FL are 170.8 miles (274.9 km) apart in a straight line. From Jacksonville, the shortest path starts out heading SSW (197°).

kilometers
274.9
nautical miles
148.4
heading from Jacksonville
197° SSW
heading from Tampa
17° NNE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Jacksonville is from Tampa

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Jacksonville and Tampa is 170.8 miles, 274.9 km or 148.4 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 170.8 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
170.8
Kilometers
274.9
Nautical miles
148.4
Bearing from Jacksonville
197.0° SSW
Bearing arriving at Tampa
196.6°
Bearing from Tampa
16.6° NNE

Halfway between Jacksonville and Tampa

The great-circle midpoint is at 29.154121, -82.075364 (29°09'14.84"N 82°04'31.31"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Ocala, FL, with 70,251 residents, 4.8 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 Tampa 13 h 55 min; on December 21, 10 h 11 min and 10 h 22 min. Jacksonville is 2.37° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Jacksonville has 2.4 times the population of Tampa. From July 2020 to July 2024, Jacksonville changed by +6.1% and Tampa by +6.7%. Both are in Florida.

  1. 01Jacksonville, FL1,009,833 (+6.1%)
  2. 02Tampa, FL414,547 (+6.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Jacksonville from Tampa?

170.8 miles, 274.9 km or 148.4 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Tampa from Jacksonville?

SSW. The great-circle path leaves Jacksonville on a bearing of 197.0° and arrives at Tampa on 196.6°. The return trip starts on 16.6°.

What is halfway between Jacksonville and Tampa?

The midpoint is at 29.154121, -82.075364. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Ocala, FL, 4.8 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Jacksonville and Tampa?

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

Which is bigger, Jacksonville or Tampa?

Jacksonville, with 1,009,833 residents in July 2024 against 414,547 for Tampa, 2.4 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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