New York to Connecticut

Distance from Albany to Hartford

Straight-line distance

84.4mi

Albany, NY and Hartford, CT are 84.4 miles (135.9 km) apart in a straight line. From Albany, the shortest path starts out heading SE (137°).

kilometers
135.9
nautical miles
73.4
heading from Albany
137° SE
heading from Hartford
318° NW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Albany is from Hartford

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Albany and Hartford is 84.4 miles, 135.9 km or 73.4 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 84.4 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
84.4
Kilometers
135.9
Nautical miles
73.4
Bearing from Albany
137.0° SE
Bearing arriving at Hartford
137.8°
Bearing from Hartford
317.8° NW

Halfway between Albany and Hartford

The great-circle midpoint is at 42.217154, -73.236022 (42°13'1.75"N 73°14'9.68"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Pittsfield, MA, with 43,121 residents, 16.3 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, Albany gets 15 h 19 min of daylight and Hartford 15 h 13 min; on December 21, 9 h 03 min and 9 h 08 min. Albany is 0.90° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Hartford has 1.2 times the population of Albany. From July 2020 to July 2024, Albany changed by +2.7% and Hartford by +1.4%. The trip crosses from New York into Connecticut.

  1. 01Albany, NY101,317 (+2.7%)
  2. 02Hartford, CT122,129 (+1.4%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Albany from Hartford?

84.4 miles, 135.9 km or 73.4 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Hartford from Albany?

SE. The great-circle path leaves Albany on a bearing of 137.0° and arrives at Hartford on 137.8°. The return trip starts on 317.8°.

What is halfway between Albany and Hartford?

The midpoint is at 42.217154, -73.236022. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Pittsfield, MA, 16.3 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Albany and Hartford?

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

Which is bigger, Albany or Hartford?

Hartford, with 122,129 residents in July 2024 against 101,317 for Albany, 1.2 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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