Florida

Distance from Palm Bay to Port St. Lucie

Straight-line distance

49.6mi

Palm Bay, FL and Port St. Lucie, FL are 49.6 miles (79.8 km) apart in a straight line. From Palm Bay, the shortest path starts out heading SSE (160°).

kilometers
79.8
nautical miles
43.1
heading from Palm Bay
160° SSE
heading from Port St. Lucie
340° NNW
Palm BayPort St. Lucie

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

How far Palm Bay is from Port St. Lucie

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Palm Bay and Port St. Lucie is 49.6 miles, 79.8 km or 43.1 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 49.6 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
49.6
Kilometers
79.8
Nautical miles
43.1
Bearing from Palm Bay
160.0° SSE
Bearing arriving at Port St. Lucie
160.1°
Bearing from Port St. Lucie
340.1° NNW

Halfway between Palm Bay and Port St. Lucie

The great-circle midpoint is at 27.617769, -80.526224 (27°37'3.97"N 80°31'34.41"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Vero Beach, FL, with 17,556 residents, 8.4 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, Palm Bay gets 13 h 55 min of daylight and Port St. Lucie 13 h 52 min; on December 21, 10 h 22 min and 10 h 25 min. Palm Bay is 0.67° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Port St. Lucie has 1.8 times the population of Palm Bay. From July 2020 to July 2024, Palm Bay changed by +18.2% and Port St. Lucie by +25.0%. Both are in Florida.

  1. 01Palm Bay, FL142,023 (+18.2%)
  2. 02Port St. Lucie, FL258,575 (+25.0%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Palm Bay from Port St. Lucie?

49.6 miles, 79.8 km or 43.1 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Port St. Lucie from Palm Bay?

SSE. The great-circle path leaves Palm Bay on a bearing of 160.0° and arrives at Port St. Lucie on 160.1°. The return trip starts on 340.1°.

What is halfway between Palm Bay and Port St. Lucie?

The midpoint is at 27.617769, -80.526224. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Vero Beach, FL, 8.4 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Palm Bay and Port St. Lucie?

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

Which is bigger, Palm Bay or Port St. Lucie?

Port St. Lucie, with 258,575 residents in July 2024 against 142,023 for Palm Bay, 1.8 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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