Alabama

Distance from Montgomery to Tuscaloosa

Straight-line distance

95.4mi

Montgomery, AL and Tuscaloosa, AL are 95.4 miles (153.6 km) apart in a straight line. From Montgomery, the shortest path starts out heading NW (310°).

kilometers
153.6
nautical miles
82.9
heading from Montgomery
310° NW
heading from Tuscaloosa
130° SE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Montgomery is from Tuscaloosa

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Montgomery and Tuscaloosa is 95.4 miles, 153.6 km or 82.9 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 95.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
95.4
Kilometers
153.6
Nautical miles
82.9
Bearing from Montgomery
310.2° NW
Bearing arriving at Tuscaloosa
309.5°
Bearing from Tuscaloosa
129.5° SE

Halfway between Montgomery and Tuscaloosa

The great-circle midpoint is at 32.793029, -86.894660 (32°47'34.91"N 86°53'40.77"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Thorsby, AL, with 2,190 residents, 13.2 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 Tuscaloosa 14 h 21 min; on December 21, 10 h 02 min and 9 h 57 min. Tuscaloosa is 0.89° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Montgomery has 1.7 times the population of Tuscaloosa. From July 2020 to July 2024, Montgomery changed by -2.1% and Tuscaloosa by +8.2%. Both are in Alabama.

  1. 01Montgomery, AL195,818 (-2.1%)
  2. 02Tuscaloosa, AL114,288 (+8.2%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Montgomery from Tuscaloosa?

95.4 miles, 153.6 km or 82.9 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Tuscaloosa from Montgomery?

NW. The great-circle path leaves Montgomery on a bearing of 310.2° and arrives at Tuscaloosa on 309.5°. The return trip starts on 129.5°.

What is halfway between Montgomery and Tuscaloosa?

The midpoint is at 32.793029, -86.894660. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Thorsby, AL, 13.2 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Montgomery and Tuscaloosa?

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

Which is bigger, Montgomery or Tuscaloosa?

Montgomery, with 195,818 residents in July 2024 against 114,288 for Tuscaloosa, 1.7 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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