Ohio to Michigan

Distance from Akron to Detroit

Straight-line distance

121.4mi

Akron, OH and Detroit, MI are 121.4 miles (195.4 km) apart in a straight line. From Akron, the shortest path starts out heading NW (318°).

kilometers
195.4
nautical miles
105.5
heading from Akron
318° NW
heading from Detroit
137° SE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Akron is from Detroit

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Akron and Detroit is 121.4 miles, 195.4 km or 105.5 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 121.4 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
121.4
Kilometers
195.4
Nautical miles
105.5
Bearing from Akron
318.4° NW
Bearing arriving at Detroit
317.3°
Bearing from Detroit
137.3° SE

Halfway between Akron and Detroit

The great-circle midpoint is at 41.734458, -82.303786 (41°44'4.05"N 82°18'13.63"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Sheffield Lake, OH, with 9,035 residents, 20.1 miles from the midpoint. To find towns near the midpoint of any two places, use the halfway tool.

Time zones and daylight

Akron uses America/New_York and Detroit uses America/Detroit; Detroit is the same clock time all year. On June 21, Akron gets 15 h 08 min of daylight and Detroit 15 h 17 min; on December 21, 9 h 13 min and 9 h 04 min. Detroit is 1.30° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Detroit has 3.4 times the population of Akron. From July 2020 to July 2024, Akron changed by -0.3% and Detroit by +1.1%. The trip crosses from Ohio into Michigan.

  1. 01Akron, OH189,664 (-0.3%)
  2. 02Detroit, MI645,705 (+1.1%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Akron from Detroit?

121.4 miles, 195.4 km or 105.5 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Detroit from Akron?

NW. The great-circle path leaves Akron on a bearing of 318.4° and arrives at Detroit on 317.3°. The return trip starts on 137.3°.

What is halfway between Akron and Detroit?

The midpoint is at 41.734458, -82.303786. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Sheffield Lake, OH, 20.1 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Akron and Detroit?

Akron uses America/New_York and Detroit uses America/Detroit; Detroit is the same clock time all year.

Which is bigger, Akron or Detroit?

Detroit, with 645,705 residents in July 2024 against 189,664 for Akron, 3.4 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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