New York to Connecticut

Distance from Albany to New Haven

Straight-line distance

103.8mi

Albany, NY and New Haven, CT are 103.8 miles (167.1 km) apart in a straight line. From Albany, the shortest path starts out heading SSE (154°).

kilometers
167.1
nautical miles
90.2
heading from Albany
154° SSE
heading from New Haven
335° NNW
AlbanyNew Haven

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

How far Albany is from New Haven

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Albany and New Haven is 103.8 miles, 167.1 km or 90.2 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 103.8 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
103.8
Kilometers
167.1
Nautical miles
90.2
Bearing from Albany
154.1° SSE
Bearing arriving at New Haven
154.7°
Bearing from New Haven
334.7° NNW

Halfway between Albany and New Haven

The great-circle midpoint is at 41.989077, -73.357052 (41°59'20.68"N 73°21'25.39"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Torrington, CT, with 35,673 residents, 15.8 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, Albany gets 15 h 19 min of daylight and New Haven 15 h 10 min; on December 21, 9 h 03 min and 9 h 11 min. Albany is 1.35° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

New Haven has 1.4 times the population of Albany. From July 2020 to July 2024, Albany changed by +2.7% and New Haven by +6.4%. The trip crosses from New York into Connecticut.

  1. 01Albany, NY101,317 (+2.7%)
  2. 02New Haven, CT137,562 (+6.4%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Albany from New Haven?

103.8 miles, 167.1 km or 90.2 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is New Haven from Albany?

SSE. The great-circle path leaves Albany on a bearing of 154.1° and arrives at New Haven on 154.7°. The return trip starts on 334.7°.

What is halfway between Albany and New Haven?

The midpoint is at 41.989077, -73.357052. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Torrington, CT, 15.8 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Albany and New Haven?

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

Which is bigger, Albany or New Haven?

New Haven, with 137,562 residents in July 2024 against 101,317 for Albany, 1.4 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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