Florida

Distance from Plantation to Sunrise

Straight-line distance

3.2mi

Plantation, FL and Sunrise, FL are 3.2 miles (5.1 km) apart in a straight line. From Plantation, the shortest path starts out heading N (0°).

kilometers
5.1
nautical miles
2.8
heading from Plantation
0° N
heading from Sunrise
180° S
PlantationSunrise

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

How far Plantation is from Sunrise

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Plantation and Sunrise is 3.2 miles, 5.1 km or 2.8 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 3.2 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
3.2
Kilometers
5.1
Nautical miles
2.8
Bearing from Plantation
0.2° N
Bearing arriving at Sunrise
0.2°
Bearing from Sunrise
180.2° S

Halfway between Plantation and Sunrise

The great-circle midpoint is at 26.148600, -80.261700 (26°08'54.96"N 80°15'42.12"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Plantation, FL, with 100,694 residents, 1.6 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, Plantation gets 13 h 47 min of daylight and Sunrise 13 h 47 min; on December 21, 10 h 30 min and 10 h 30 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Plantation has 1.0 times the population of Sunrise. From July 2020 to July 2024, Plantation changed by +9.3% and Sunrise by +3.1%. Both are in Florida.

  1. 01Plantation, FL100,694 (+9.3%)
  2. 02Sunrise, FL100,128 (+3.1%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Plantation from Sunrise?

3.2 miles, 5.1 km or 2.8 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Sunrise from Plantation?

N. The great-circle path leaves Plantation on a bearing of 0.2° and arrives at Sunrise on 0.2°. The return trip starts on 180.2°.

What is halfway between Plantation and Sunrise?

The midpoint is at 26.148600, -80.261700. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Plantation, FL, 1.6 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Plantation and Sunrise?

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

Which is bigger, Plantation or Sunrise?

Plantation, with 100,694 residents in July 2024 against 100,128 for Sunrise, 1.0 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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