Florida

Distance from Port St. Lucie to Sunrise

Straight-line distance

77.0mi

Port St. Lucie, FL and Sunrise, FL are 77.0 miles (124.0 km) apart in a straight line. From Port St. Lucie, the shortest path starts out heading S (174°).

kilometers
124.0
nautical miles
66.9
heading from Port St. Lucie
174° S
heading from Sunrise
354° N
Port St. LucieSunrise

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

How far Port St. Lucie is from Sunrise

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Port St. Lucie and Sunrise is 77.0 miles, 124.0 km or 66.9 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 77.0 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
77.0
Kilometers
124.0
Nautical miles
66.9
Bearing from Port St. Lucie
174.1° S
Bearing arriving at Sunrise
174.2°
Bearing from Sunrise
354.2° N

Halfway between Port St. Lucie and Sunrise

The great-circle midpoint is at 26.726114, -80.324641 (26°43'34.01"N 80°19'28.71"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Westlake, FL, with 7,664 residents, 2.4 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, Port St. Lucie gets 13 h 52 min of daylight and Sunrise 13 h 47 min; on December 21, 10 h 25 min and 10 h 30 min. Port St. Lucie is 1.11° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Port St. Lucie has 2.6 times the population of Sunrise. From July 2020 to July 2024, Port St. Lucie changed by +25.0% and Sunrise by +3.1%. Both are in Florida.

  1. 01Port St. Lucie, FL258,575 (+25.0%)
  2. 02Sunrise, FL100,128 (+3.1%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Port St. Lucie from Sunrise?

77.0 miles, 124.0 km or 66.9 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Sunrise from Port St. Lucie?

S. The great-circle path leaves Port St. Lucie on a bearing of 174.1° and arrives at Sunrise on 174.2°. The return trip starts on 354.2°.

What is halfway between Port St. Lucie and Sunrise?

The midpoint is at 26.726114, -80.324641. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Westlake, FL, 2.4 miles from it.

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

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

Which is bigger, Port St. Lucie or Sunrise?

Port St. Lucie, with 258,575 residents in July 2024 against 100,128 for Sunrise, 2.6 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)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.