Florida

Distance from Palm Bay to St. Petersburg

Straight-line distance

121.6mi

Palm Bay, FL and St. Petersburg, FL are 121.6 miles (195.7 km) apart in a straight line. From Palm Bay, the shortest path starts out heading W (264°).

kilometers
195.7
nautical miles
105.7
heading from Palm Bay
264° W
heading from St. Petersburg
83° E
Palm BaySt. Petersburg

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

How far Palm Bay is from St. Petersburg

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Palm Bay and St. Petersburg is 121.6 miles, 195.7 km or 105.7 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 121.6 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
121.6
Kilometers
195.7
Nautical miles
105.7
Bearing from Palm Bay
264.2° W
Bearing arriving at St. Petersburg
263.3°
Bearing from St. Petersburg
83.3° E

Halfway between Palm Bay and St. Petersburg

The great-circle midpoint is at 27.862281, -81.655427 (27°51'44.21"N 81°39'19.54"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Lake Wales, FL, with 17,798 residents, 5.3 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 St. Petersburg 13 h 54 min; on December 21, 10 h 22 min and 10 h 23 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

St. Petersburg has 1.9 times the population of Palm Bay. From July 2020 to July 2024, Palm Bay changed by +18.2% and St. Petersburg by +3.0%. Both are in Florida.

  1. 01Palm Bay, FL142,023 (+18.2%)
  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 Palm Bay from St. Petersburg?

121.6 miles, 195.7 km or 105.7 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is St. Petersburg from Palm Bay?

W. The great-circle path leaves Palm Bay on a bearing of 264.2° and arrives at St. Petersburg on 263.3°. The return trip starts on 83.3°.

What is halfway between Palm Bay and St. Petersburg?

The midpoint is at 27.862281, -81.655427. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Lake Wales, FL, 5.3 miles from it.

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

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

Which is bigger, Palm Bay or St. Petersburg?

St. Petersburg, with 267,102 residents in July 2024 against 142,023 for Palm Bay, 1.9 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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