New York to Connecticut

Distance from Albany to Stamford

Straight-line distance

110.4mi

Albany, NY and Stamford, CT are 110.4 miles (177.6 km) apart in a straight line. From Albany, the shortest path starts out heading S (173°).

kilometers
177.6
nautical miles
95.9
heading from Albany
173° S
heading from Stamford
353° N
AlbanyStamford

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

How far Albany is from Stamford

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Albany and Stamford is 110.4 miles, 177.6 km or 95.9 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 110.4 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
110.4
Kilometers
177.6
Nautical miles
95.9
Bearing from Albany
173.2° S
Bearing arriving at Stamford
173.3°
Bearing from Stamford
353.3° N

Halfway between Albany and Stamford

The great-circle midpoint is at 41.872719, -73.670685 (41°52'21.79"N 73°40'14.47"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Millbrook, NY, with 1,445 residents, 6.2 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 Stamford 15 h 08 min; on December 21, 9 h 03 min and 9 h 13 min. Albany is 1.59° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

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

  1. 01Albany, NY101,317 (+2.7%)
  2. 02Stamford, CT139,134 (+2.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Albany from Stamford?

110.4 miles, 177.6 km or 95.9 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Stamford from Albany?

S. The great-circle path leaves Albany on a bearing of 173.2° and arrives at Stamford on 173.3°. The return trip starts on 353.3°.

What is halfway between Albany and Stamford?

The midpoint is at 41.872719, -73.670685. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Millbrook, NY, 6.2 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Albany and Stamford?

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

Which is bigger, Albany or Stamford?

Stamford, with 139,134 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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