Florida

Distance from St. Petersburg to Tampa

Straight-line distance

17.5mi

St. Petersburg, FL and Tampa, FL are 17.5 miles (28.2 km) apart in a straight line. From St. Petersburg, the shortest path starts out heading NE (35°).

kilometers
28.2
nautical miles
15.2
heading from St. Petersburg
35° NE
heading from Tampa
215° SW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far St. Petersburg is from Tampa

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of St. Petersburg and Tampa is 17.5 miles, 28.2 km or 15.2 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 17.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
17.5
Kilometers
28.2
Nautical miles
15.2
Bearing from St. Petersburg
35.0° NE
Bearing arriving at Tampa
35.1°
Bearing from Tampa
215.1° SW

Halfway between St. Petersburg and Tampa

The great-circle midpoint is at 27.866424, -82.561979 (27°51'59.13"N 82°33'43.12"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Tampa, FL, with 414,547 residents, 8.8 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, St. Petersburg gets 13 h 54 min of daylight and Tampa 13 h 55 min; on December 21, 10 h 23 min and 10 h 22 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Tampa has 1.6 times the population of St. Petersburg. From July 2020 to July 2024, St. Petersburg changed by +3.0% and Tampa by +6.7%. Both are in Florida.

  1. 01St. Petersburg, FL267,102 (+3.0%)
  2. 02Tampa, FL414,547 (+6.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is St. Petersburg from Tampa?

17.5 miles, 28.2 km or 15.2 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Tampa from St. Petersburg?

NE. The great-circle path leaves St. Petersburg on a bearing of 35.0° and arrives at Tampa on 35.1°. The return trip starts on 215.1°.

What is halfway between St. Petersburg and Tampa?

The midpoint is at 27.866424, -82.561979. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Tampa, FL, 8.8 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between St. Petersburg and Tampa?

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

Which is bigger, St. Petersburg or Tampa?

Tampa, with 414,547 residents in July 2024 against 267,102 for St. Petersburg, 1.6 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)

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