Florida

Distance from Sunrise to West Palm Beach

Straight-line distance

40.5mi

Sunrise, FL and West Palm Beach, FL are 40.5 miles (65.2 km) apart in a straight line. From Sunrise, the shortest path starts out heading NNE (12°).

kilometers
65.2
nautical miles
35.2
heading from Sunrise
12° NNE
heading from West Palm Beach
192° SSW
SunriseWest Palm Beach

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

How far Sunrise is from West Palm Beach

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Sunrise and West Palm Beach is 40.5 miles, 65.2 km or 35.2 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 40.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
40.5
Kilometers
65.2
Nautical miles
35.2
Bearing from Sunrise
11.8° NNE
Bearing arriving at West Palm Beach
11.9°
Bearing from West Palm Beach
191.9° SSW

Halfway between Sunrise and West Palm Beach

The great-circle midpoint is at 26.458366, -80.194468 (26°27'30.12"N 80°11'40.08"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Delray Beach, FL, with 70,140 residents, 6.5 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, Sunrise gets 13 h 47 min of daylight and West Palm Beach 13 h 49 min; on December 21, 10 h 30 min and 10 h 28 min. West Palm Beach is 0.57° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

West Palm Beach has 1.3 times the population of Sunrise. From July 2020 to July 2024, Sunrise changed by +3.1% and West Palm Beach by +8.7%. Both are in Florida.

  1. 01Sunrise, FL100,128 (+3.1%)
  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 Sunrise from West Palm Beach?

40.5 miles, 65.2 km or 35.2 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is West Palm Beach from Sunrise?

NNE. The great-circle path leaves Sunrise on a bearing of 11.8° and arrives at West Palm Beach on 11.9°. The return trip starts on 191.9°.

What is halfway between Sunrise and West Palm Beach?

The midpoint is at 26.458366, -80.194468. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Delray Beach, FL, 6.5 miles from it.

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

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

Which is bigger, Sunrise or West Palm Beach?

West Palm Beach, with 127,744 residents in July 2024 against 100,128 for Sunrise, 1.3 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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