Florida

Distance from Orlando to Tampa

Straight-line distance

80.5mi

Orlando, FL and Tampa, FL are 80.5 miles (129.6 km) apart in a straight line. From Orlando, the shortest path starts out heading WSW (248°).

kilometers
129.6
nautical miles
70.0
heading from Orlando
248° WSW
heading from Tampa
68° ENE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Orlando is from Tampa

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Orlando and Tampa is 80.5 miles, 129.6 km or 70.0 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 80.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
80.5
Kilometers
129.6
Nautical miles
70.0
Bearing from Orlando
248.2° WSW
Bearing arriving at Tampa
247.6°
Bearing from Tampa
67.6° ENE

Halfway between Orlando and Tampa

The great-circle midpoint is at 28.190763, -81.868506 (28°11'26.75"N 81°52'6.62"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Polk City, FL, with 3,076 residents, 2.4 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 Tampa 13 h 55 min; on December 21, 10 h 20 min and 10 h 22 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Tampa has 1.2 times the population of Orlando. From July 2020 to July 2024, Orlando changed by +8.8% and Tampa by +6.7%. Both are in Florida.

  1. 01Orlando, FL334,854 (+8.8%)
  2. 02Tampa, FL414,547 (+6.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Orlando from Tampa?

80.5 miles, 129.6 km or 70.0 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Tampa from Orlando?

WSW. The great-circle path leaves Orlando on a bearing of 248.2° and arrives at Tampa on 247.6°. The return trip starts on 67.6°.

What is halfway between Orlando and Tampa?

The midpoint is at 28.190763, -81.868506. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Polk City, FL, 2.4 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Orlando and Tampa?

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

Which is bigger, Orlando or Tampa?

Tampa, with 414,547 residents in July 2024 against 334,854 for Orlando, 1.2 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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