Florida

Distance from Orlando to St. Petersburg

Straight-line distance

95.7mi

Orlando, FL and St. Petersburg, FL are 95.7 miles (154.1 km) apart in a straight line. From Orlando, the shortest path starts out heading WSW (243°).

kilometers
154.1
nautical miles
83.2
heading from Orlando
243° WSW
heading from St. Petersburg
62° ENE
OrlandoSt. Petersburg

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

How far Orlando is from St. Petersburg

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Orlando and St. Petersburg is 95.7 miles, 154.1 km or 83.2 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 95.7 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
95.7
Kilometers
154.1
Nautical miles
83.2
Bearing from Orlando
242.5° WSW
Bearing arriving at St. Petersburg
241.9°
Bearing from St. Petersburg
61.9° ENE

Halfway between Orlando and St. Petersburg

The great-circle midpoint is at 28.087449, -81.951540 (28°05'14.82"N 81°57'5.54"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Lakeland, FL, with 124,990 residents, 2.2 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/New_York, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Orlando gets 13 h 57 min of daylight and St. Petersburg 13 h 54 min; on December 21, 10 h 20 min and 10 h 23 min. Orlando is 0.65° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Orlando has 1.3 times the population of St. Petersburg. From July 2020 to July 2024, Orlando changed by +8.8% and St. Petersburg by +3.0%. Both are in Florida.

  1. 01Orlando, FL334,854 (+8.8%)
  2. 02St. Petersburg, FL267,102 (+3.0%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Orlando from St. Petersburg?

95.7 miles, 154.1 km or 83.2 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is St. Petersburg from Orlando?

WSW. The great-circle path leaves Orlando on a bearing of 242.5° and arrives at St. Petersburg on 241.9°. The return trip starts on 61.9°.

What is halfway between Orlando and St. Petersburg?

The midpoint is at 28.087449, -81.951540. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Lakeland, FL, 2.2 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Orlando and St. Petersburg?

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

Which is bigger, Orlando or St. Petersburg?

Orlando, with 334,854 residents in July 2024 against 267,102 for St. Petersburg, 1.3 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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