Alabama

Distance from Mobile to Montgomery

Straight-line distance

158.8mi

Mobile, AL and Montgomery, AL are 158.8 miles (255.6 km) apart in a straight line. From Mobile, the shortest path starts out heading NE (43°).

kilometers
255.6
nautical miles
138.0
heading from Mobile
43° NE
heading from Montgomery
224° SW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Mobile is from Montgomery

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Mobile and Montgomery is 158.8 miles, 255.6 km or 138.0 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 158.8 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
158.8
Kilometers
255.6
Nautical miles
138.0
Bearing from Mobile
42.6° NE
Bearing arriving at Montgomery
43.5°
Bearing from Montgomery
223.5° SW

Halfway between Mobile and Montgomery

The great-circle midpoint is at 31.511643, -87.195874 (31°30'41.92"N 87°11'45.14"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Monroeville, AL, with 5,720 residents, 7.8 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/Chicago, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Mobile gets 14 h 08 min of daylight and Montgomery 14 h 17 min; on December 21, 10 h 10 min and 10 h 02 min. Montgomery is 1.68° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Mobile has 1.0 times the population of Montgomery. From July 2020 to July 2024, Mobile changed by -2.5% and Montgomery by -2.1%. Both are in Alabama.

  1. 01Mobile, AL201,367 (-2.5%)
  2. 02Montgomery, AL195,818 (-2.1%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Mobile from Montgomery?

158.8 miles, 255.6 km or 138.0 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Montgomery from Mobile?

NE. The great-circle path leaves Mobile on a bearing of 42.6° and arrives at Montgomery on 43.5°. The return trip starts on 223.5°.

What is halfway between Mobile and Montgomery?

The midpoint is at 31.511643, -87.195874. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Monroeville, AL, 7.8 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Mobile and Montgomery?

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

Which is bigger, Mobile or Montgomery?

Mobile, with 201,367 residents in July 2024 against 195,818 for Montgomery, 1.0 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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