Alabama

Distance from Mobile to Tuscaloosa

Straight-line distance

180.5mi

Mobile, AL and Tuscaloosa, AL are 180.5 miles (290.5 km) apart in a straight line. From Mobile, the shortest path starts out heading N (11°).

kilometers
290.5
nautical miles
156.9
heading from Mobile
11° N
heading from Tuscaloosa
191° S
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Mobile is from Tuscaloosa

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Mobile and Tuscaloosa is 180.5 miles, 290.5 km or 156.9 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 180.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
180.5
Kilometers
290.5
Nautical miles
156.9
Bearing from Mobile
10.7° N
Bearing arriving at Tuscaloosa
11.0°
Bearing from Tuscaloosa
191.0° S

Halfway between Mobile and Tuscaloosa

The great-circle midpoint is at 31.951629, -87.822148 (31°57'5.86"N 87°49'19.73"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Thomasville, AL, with 3,540 residents, 5.6 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 Tuscaloosa 14 h 21 min; on December 21, 10 h 10 min and 9 h 57 min. Tuscaloosa is 2.57° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Mobile has 1.8 times the population of Tuscaloosa. From July 2020 to July 2024, Mobile changed by -2.5% and Tuscaloosa by +8.2%. Both are in Alabama.

  1. 01Mobile, AL201,367 (-2.5%)
  2. 02Tuscaloosa, AL114,288 (+8.2%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Mobile from Tuscaloosa?

180.5 miles, 290.5 km or 156.9 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Tuscaloosa from Mobile?

N. The great-circle path leaves Mobile on a bearing of 10.7° and arrives at Tuscaloosa on 11.0°. The return trip starts on 191.0°.

What is halfway between Mobile and Tuscaloosa?

The midpoint is at 31.951629, -87.822148. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Thomasville, AL, 5.6 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Mobile and Tuscaloosa?

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

Which is bigger, Mobile or Tuscaloosa?

Mobile, with 201,367 residents in July 2024 against 114,288 for Tuscaloosa, 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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