Florida

Distance from Palm Coast to Tampa

Straight-line distance

131.6mi

Palm Coast, FL and Tampa, FL are 131.6 miles (211.9 km) apart in a straight line. From Palm Coast, the shortest path starts out heading SW (215°).

kilometers
211.9
nautical miles
114.4
heading from Palm Coast
215° SW
heading from Tampa
34° NE
Palm CoastTampa

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

How far Palm Coast is from Tampa

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Palm Coast and Tampa is 131.6 miles, 211.9 km or 114.4 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 131.7 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
131.6
Kilometers
211.9
Nautical miles
114.4
Bearing from Palm Coast
215.0° SW
Bearing arriving at Tampa
214.4°
Bearing from Tampa
34.4° NE

Halfway between Palm Coast and Tampa

The great-circle midpoint is at 28.754858, -81.865791 (28°45'17.49"N 81°51'56.85"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Leesburg, FL, with 37,815 residents, 3.4 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 Coast gets 14 h 03 min of daylight and Tampa 13 h 55 min; on December 21, 10 h 15 min and 10 h 22 min. Palm Coast is 1.57° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Tampa has 3.9 times the population of Palm Coast. From July 2020 to July 2024, Palm Coast changed by +19.0% and Tampa by +6.7%. Both are in Florida.

  1. 01Palm Coast, FL106,729 (+19.0%)
  2. 02Tampa, FL414,547 (+6.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Palm Coast from Tampa?

131.6 miles, 211.9 km or 114.4 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Tampa from Palm Coast?

SW. The great-circle path leaves Palm Coast on a bearing of 215.0° and arrives at Tampa on 214.4°. The return trip starts on 34.4°.

What is halfway between Palm Coast and Tampa?

The midpoint is at 28.754858, -81.865791. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Leesburg, FL, 3.4 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Palm Coast and Tampa?

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

Which is bigger, Palm Coast or Tampa?

Tampa, with 414,547 residents in July 2024 against 106,729 for Palm Coast, 3.9 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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