Alabama to Louisiana

Distance from Mobile to New Orleans

Straight-line distance

116.9mi

Mobile, AL and New Orleans, LA are 116.9 miles (188.1 km) apart in a straight line. From Mobile, the shortest path starts out heading WSW (249°).

kilometers
188.1
nautical miles
101.6
heading from Mobile
249° WSW
heading from New Orleans
68° ENE
MobileNew Orleans

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

How far Mobile is from New Orleans

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Mobile and New Orleans is 116.9 miles, 188.1 km or 101.6 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 116.9 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
116.9
Kilometers
188.1
Nautical miles
101.6
Bearing from Mobile
249.2° WSW
Bearing arriving at New Orleans
248.2°
Bearing from New Orleans
68.2° ENE

Halfway between Mobile and New Orleans

The great-circle midpoint is at 30.363975, -89.024071 (30°21'50.31"N 89°01'26.65"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Gulfport, MS, with 74,621 residents, 4.7 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, Mobile gets 14 h 08 min of daylight and New Orleans 14 h 05 min; on December 21, 10 h 10 min and 10 h 13 min. Mobile is 0.61° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

New Orleans has 1.8 times the population of Mobile. From July 2020 to July 2024, Mobile changed by -2.5% and New Orleans by -5.4%. The trip crosses from Alabama into Louisiana.

  1. 01Mobile, AL201,367 (-2.5%)
  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 Mobile from New Orleans?

116.9 miles, 188.1 km or 101.6 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is New Orleans from Mobile?

WSW. The great-circle path leaves Mobile on a bearing of 249.2° and arrives at New Orleans on 248.2°. The return trip starts on 68.2°.

What is halfway between Mobile and New Orleans?

The midpoint is at 30.363975, -89.024071. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Gulfport, MS, 4.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Mobile and New Orleans?

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

Which is bigger, Mobile or New Orleans?

New Orleans, with 362,701 residents in July 2024 against 201,367 for Mobile, 1.8 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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