Louisiana

Distance from Lafayette to New Orleans

Straight-line distance

125.5mi

Lafayette, LA and New Orleans, LA are 125.5 miles (202.1 km) apart in a straight line. From Lafayette, the shortest path starts out heading E (94°).

kilometers
202.1
nautical miles
109.1
heading from Lafayette
94° E
heading from New Orleans
275° W
LafayetteNew Orleans

Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Lafayette is from New Orleans

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Lafayette and New Orleans is 125.5 miles, 202.1 km or 109.1 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 125.6 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
125.5
Kilometers
202.1
Nautical miles
109.1
Bearing from Lafayette
94.3° E
Bearing arriving at New Orleans
95.3°
Bearing from New Orleans
275.3° W

Halfway between Lafayette and New Orleans

The great-circle midpoint is at 30.133652, -90.980493 (30°08'1.15"N 90°58'49.77"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Donaldsonville, LA, with 6,945 residents, 2.7 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, Lafayette gets 14 h 06 min of daylight and New Orleans 14 h 05 min; on December 21, 10 h 12 min and 10 h 13 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

New Orleans has 3.0 times the population of Lafayette. From July 2020 to July 2024, Lafayette changed by +0.7% and New Orleans by -5.4%. Both are in Louisiana.

  1. 01Lafayette, LA122,280 (+0.7%)
  2. 02New Orleans, LA362,701 (-5.4%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Lafayette from New Orleans?

125.5 miles, 202.1 km or 109.1 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is New Orleans from Lafayette?

E. The great-circle path leaves Lafayette on a bearing of 94.3° and arrives at New Orleans on 95.3°. The return trip starts on 275.3°.

What is halfway between Lafayette and New Orleans?

The midpoint is at 30.133652, -90.980493. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Donaldsonville, LA, 2.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Lafayette and New Orleans?

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

Which is bigger, Lafayette or New Orleans?

New Orleans, with 362,701 residents in July 2024 against 122,280 for Lafayette, 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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