Alabama to Louisiana

Distance from Montgomery to New Orleans

Straight-line distance

268.5mi

Montgomery, AL and New Orleans, LA are 268.5 miles (432.1 km) apart in a straight line. From Montgomery, the shortest path starts out heading SW (235°).

kilometers
432.1
nautical miles
233.3
heading from Montgomery
235° SW
heading from New Orleans
53° NE
MontgomeryNew Orleans

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

How far Montgomery is from New Orleans

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Montgomery and New Orleans is 268.5 miles, 432.1 km or 233.3 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 268.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
268.5
Kilometers
432.1
Nautical miles
233.3
Bearing from Montgomery
234.8° SW
Bearing arriving at New Orleans
232.9°
Bearing from New Orleans
52.9° NE

Halfway between Montgomery and New Orleans

The great-circle midpoint is at 31.213953, -88.123152 (31°12'50.23"N 88°07'23.35"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Mount Vernon, AL, with 1,366 residents, 10.9 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, Montgomery gets 14 h 17 min of daylight and New Orleans 14 h 05 min; on December 21, 10 h 02 min and 10 h 13 min. Montgomery is 2.30° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

New Orleans has 1.9 times the population of Montgomery. From July 2020 to July 2024, Montgomery changed by -2.1% and New Orleans by -5.4%. The trip crosses from Alabama into Louisiana.

  1. 01Montgomery, AL195,818 (-2.1%)
  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 Montgomery from New Orleans?

268.5 miles, 432.1 km or 233.3 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is New Orleans from Montgomery?

SW. The great-circle path leaves Montgomery on a bearing of 234.8° and arrives at New Orleans on 232.9°. The return trip starts on 52.9°.

What is halfway between Montgomery and New Orleans?

The midpoint is at 31.213953, -88.123152. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Mount Vernon, AL, 10.9 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Montgomery and New Orleans?

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

Which is bigger, Montgomery or New Orleans?

New Orleans, with 362,701 residents in July 2024 against 195,818 for Montgomery, 1.9 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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