New York

Distance from Albany to Yonkers

Straight-line distance

118.9mi

Albany, NY and Yonkers, NY are 118.9 miles (191.3 km) apart in a straight line. From Albany, the shortest path starts out heading S (182°).

kilometers
191.3
nautical miles
103.3
heading from Albany
182° S
heading from Yonkers
2° N
AlbanyYonkers

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

How far Albany is from Yonkers

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Albany and Yonkers is 118.9 miles, 191.3 km or 103.3 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 118.9 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
118.9
Kilometers
191.3
Nautical miles
103.3
Bearing from Albany
181.7° S
Bearing arriving at Yonkers
181.7°
Bearing from Yonkers
1.7° N

Halfway between Albany and Yonkers

The great-circle midpoint is at 41.805805, -73.833363 (41°48'20.90"N 73°50'0.11"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Millbrook, NY, with 1,445 residents, 7.4 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, Albany gets 15 h 19 min of daylight and Yonkers 15 h 07 min; on December 21, 9 h 03 min and 9 h 14 min. Albany is 1.72° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Yonkers has 2.1 times the population of Albany. From July 2020 to July 2024, Albany changed by +2.7% and Yonkers by +0.0%. Both are in New York.

  1. 01Albany, NY101,317 (+2.7%)
  2. 02Yonkers, NY211,040 (+0.0%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Albany from Yonkers?

118.9 miles, 191.3 km or 103.3 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Yonkers from Albany?

S. The great-circle path leaves Albany on a bearing of 181.7° and arrives at Yonkers on 181.7°. The return trip starts on 1.7°.

What is halfway between Albany and Yonkers?

The midpoint is at 41.805805, -73.833363. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Millbrook, NY, 7.4 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Albany and Yonkers?

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

Which is bigger, Albany or Yonkers?

Yonkers, with 211,040 residents in July 2024 against 101,317 for Albany, 2.1 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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