Louisiana

Distance from Lafayette to Shreveport

Straight-line distance

187.7mi

Lafayette, LA and Shreveport, LA are 187.7 miles (302.1 km) apart in a straight line. From Lafayette, the shortest path starts out heading NNW (327°).

kilometers
302.1
nautical miles
163.1
heading from Lafayette
327° NNW
heading from Shreveport
146° SE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Lafayette is from Shreveport

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Lafayette and Shreveport is 187.7 miles, 302.1 km or 163.1 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 187.7 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
187.7
Kilometers
302.1
Nautical miles
163.1
Bearing from Lafayette
326.8° NNW
Bearing arriving at Shreveport
325.9°
Bearing from Shreveport
145.9° SE

Halfway between Lafayette and Shreveport

The great-circle midpoint is at 31.339266, -92.899550 (31°20'21.36"N 92°53'58.38"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Colfax, LA, with 1,396 residents, 17.1 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, Lafayette gets 14 h 06 min of daylight and Shreveport 14 h 17 min; on December 21, 10 h 12 min and 10 h 01 min. Shreveport is 2.26° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Shreveport has 1.4 times the population of Lafayette. From July 2020 to July 2024, Lafayette changed by +0.7% and Shreveport by -5.5%. Both are in Louisiana.

  1. 01Lafayette, LA122,280 (+0.7%)
  2. 02Shreveport, LA176,578 (-5.5%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Lafayette from Shreveport?

187.7 miles, 302.1 km or 163.1 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Shreveport from Lafayette?

NNW. The great-circle path leaves Lafayette on a bearing of 326.8° and arrives at Shreveport on 325.9°. The return trip starts on 145.9°.

What is halfway between Lafayette and Shreveport?

The midpoint is at 31.339266, -92.899550. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Colfax, LA, 17.1 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Lafayette and Shreveport?

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

Which is bigger, Lafayette or Shreveport?

Shreveport, with 176,578 residents in July 2024 against 122,280 for Lafayette, 1.4 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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