Florida

Distance from Tallahassee to Tampa

Straight-line distance

202.2mi

Tallahassee, FL and Tampa, FL are 202.2 miles (325.3 km) apart in a straight line. From Tallahassee, the shortest path starts out heading SSE (148°).

kilometers
325.3
nautical miles
175.7
heading from Tallahassee
148° SSE
heading from Tampa
329° NNW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Tallahassee is from Tampa

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Tallahassee and Tampa is 202.2 miles, 325.3 km or 175.7 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 202.2 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
202.2
Kilometers
325.3
Nautical miles
175.7
Bearing from Tallahassee
147.6° SSE
Bearing arriving at Tampa
148.5°
Bearing from Tampa
328.5° NNW

Halfway between Tallahassee and Tampa

The great-circle midpoint is at 29.214720, -83.355257 (29°12'52.99"N 83°21'18.93"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Cross City, FL, with 1,816 residents, 32.4 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, Tallahassee gets 14 h 07 min of daylight and Tampa 13 h 55 min; on December 21, 10 h 11 min and 10 h 22 min. Tallahassee is 2.48° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Tampa has 2.0 times the population of Tallahassee. From July 2020 to July 2024, Tallahassee changed by +3.6% and Tampa by +6.7%. Both are in Florida.

  1. 01Tallahassee, FL205,089 (+3.6%)
  2. 02Tampa, FL414,547 (+6.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Tallahassee from Tampa?

202.2 miles, 325.3 km or 175.7 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Tampa from Tallahassee?

SSE. The great-circle path leaves Tallahassee on a bearing of 147.6° and arrives at Tampa on 148.5°. The return trip starts on 328.5°.

What is halfway between Tallahassee and Tampa?

The midpoint is at 29.214720, -83.355257. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Cross City, FL, 32.4 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Tallahassee and Tampa?

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

Which is bigger, Tallahassee or Tampa?

Tampa, with 414,547 residents in July 2024 against 205,089 for Tallahassee, 2.0 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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