Florida

Distance from Palm Bay to West Palm Beach

Straight-line distance

89.9mi

Palm Bay, FL and West Palm Beach, FL are 89.9 miles (144.6 km) apart in a straight line. From Palm Bay, the shortest path starts out heading SSE (158°).

kilometers
144.6
nautical miles
78.1
heading from Palm Bay
158° SSE
heading from West Palm Beach
339° NNW
Palm BayWest Palm Beach

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

How far Palm Bay is from West Palm Beach

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Palm Bay and West Palm Beach is 89.9 miles, 144.6 km or 78.1 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 89.9 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
89.9
Kilometers
144.6
Nautical miles
78.1
Bearing from Palm Bay
158.3° SSE
Bearing arriving at West Palm Beach
158.6°
Bearing from West Palm Beach
338.6° NNW

Halfway between Palm Bay and West Palm Beach

The great-circle midpoint is at 27.350208, -80.394531 (27°21'0.75"N 80°23'40.31"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Port St. Lucie, FL, with 258,575 residents, 4.8 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 West Palm Beach 13 h 49 min; on December 21, 10 h 22 min and 10 h 28 min. Palm Bay is 1.21° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Palm Bay has 1.1 times the population of West Palm Beach. From July 2020 to July 2024, Palm Bay changed by +18.2% and West Palm Beach by +8.7%. Both are in Florida.

  1. 01Palm Bay, FL142,023 (+18.2%)
  2. 02West Palm Beach, FL127,744 (+8.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Palm Bay from West Palm Beach?

89.9 miles, 144.6 km or 78.1 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is West Palm Beach from Palm Bay?

SSE. The great-circle path leaves Palm Bay on a bearing of 158.3° and arrives at West Palm Beach on 158.6°. The return trip starts on 338.6°.

What is halfway between Palm Bay and West Palm Beach?

The midpoint is at 27.350208, -80.394531. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Port St. Lucie, FL, 4.8 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Palm Bay and West Palm Beach?

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

Which is bigger, Palm Bay or West Palm Beach?

Palm Bay, with 142,023 residents in July 2024 against 127,744 for West Palm Beach, 1.1 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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