Alabama to Florida

Distance from Montgomery to Tallahassee

Straight-line distance

176.8mi

Montgomery, AL and Tallahassee, FL are 176.8 miles (284.6 km) apart in a straight line. From Montgomery, the shortest path starts out heading SE (137°).

kilometers
284.6
nautical miles
153.6
heading from Montgomery
137° SE
heading from Tallahassee
318° NW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Montgomery is from Tallahassee

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Montgomery and Tallahassee is 176.8 miles, 284.6 km or 153.6 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 176.8 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
176.8
Kilometers
284.6
Nautical miles
153.6
Bearing from Montgomery
137.2° SE
Bearing arriving at Tallahassee
138.3°
Bearing from Tallahassee
318.3° NW

Halfway between Montgomery and Tallahassee

The great-circle midpoint is at 31.404939, -85.249628 (31°24'17.78"N 85°14'58.66"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Headland, AL, with 5,429 residents, 7.2 miles from the midpoint. To find towns near the midpoint of any two places, use the halfway tool.

Time zones and daylight

Montgomery uses America/Chicago and Tallahassee uses America/New_York; Tallahassee is 1 hour ahead all year. On June 21, Montgomery gets 14 h 17 min of daylight and Tallahassee 14 h 07 min; on December 21, 10 h 02 min and 10 h 11 min. Montgomery is 1.90° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Tallahassee has 1.0 times the population of Montgomery. From July 2020 to July 2024, Montgomery changed by -2.1% and Tallahassee by +3.6%. The trip crosses from Alabama into Florida.

  1. 01Montgomery, AL195,818 (-2.1%)
  2. 02Tallahassee, FL205,089 (+3.6%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Montgomery from Tallahassee?

176.8 miles, 284.6 km or 153.6 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Tallahassee from Montgomery?

SE. The great-circle path leaves Montgomery on a bearing of 137.2° and arrives at Tallahassee on 138.3°. The return trip starts on 318.3°.

What is halfway between Montgomery and Tallahassee?

The midpoint is at 31.404939, -85.249628. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Headland, AL, 7.2 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Montgomery and Tallahassee?

Montgomery uses America/Chicago and Tallahassee uses America/New_York; Tallahassee is 1 hour ahead all year.

Which is bigger, Montgomery or Tallahassee?

Tallahassee, with 205,089 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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