Florida

Distance from Lakeland to Port St. Lucie

Straight-line distance

109.8mi

Lakeland, FL and Port St. Lucie, FL are 109.8 miles (176.7 km) apart in a straight line. From Lakeland, the shortest path starts out heading ESE (119°).

kilometers
176.7
nautical miles
95.4
heading from Lakeland
119° ESE
heading from Port St. Lucie
300° WNW
LakelandPort St. Lucie

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

How far Lakeland is from Port St. Lucie

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Lakeland and Port St. Lucie is 109.8 miles, 176.7 km or 95.4 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 109.8 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
109.8
Kilometers
176.7
Nautical miles
95.4
Bearing from Lakeland
118.8° ESE
Bearing arriving at Port St. Lucie
119.5°
Bearing from Port St. Lucie
299.5° WNW

Halfway between Lakeland and Port St. Lucie

The great-circle midpoint is at 27.670252, -81.168773 (27°40'12.91"N 81°10'7.58"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Avon Park, FL, with 10,415 residents, 21.4 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, Lakeland gets 13 h 55 min of daylight and Port St. Lucie 13 h 52 min; on December 21, 10 h 22 min and 10 h 25 min. Lakeland is 0.77° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Port St. Lucie has 2.1 times the population of Lakeland. From July 2020 to July 2024, Lakeland changed by +9.8% and Port St. Lucie by +25.0%. Both are in Florida.

  1. 01Lakeland, FL124,990 (+9.8%)
  2. 02Port St. Lucie, FL258,575 (+25.0%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Lakeland from Port St. Lucie?

109.8 miles, 176.7 km or 95.4 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Port St. Lucie from Lakeland?

ESE. The great-circle path leaves Lakeland on a bearing of 118.8° and arrives at Port St. Lucie on 119.5°. The return trip starts on 299.5°.

What is halfway between Lakeland and Port St. Lucie?

The midpoint is at 27.670252, -81.168773. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Avon Park, FL, 21.4 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Lakeland and Port St. Lucie?

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

Which is bigger, Lakeland or Port St. Lucie?

Port St. Lucie, with 258,575 residents in July 2024 against 124,990 for Lakeland, 2.1 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)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.