Pennsylvania to New York

Distance from Allentown to Syracuse

Straight-line distance

172.5mi

Allentown, PA and Syracuse, NY are 172.5 miles (277.7 km) apart in a straight line. From Allentown, the shortest path starts out heading N (349°).

kilometers
277.7
nautical miles
149.9
heading from Allentown
349° N
heading from Syracuse
168° SSE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Allentown is from Syracuse

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Allentown and Syracuse is 172.5 miles, 277.7 km or 149.9 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 172.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
172.5
Kilometers
277.7
Nautical miles
149.9
Bearing from Allentown
348.8° N
Bearing arriving at Syracuse
348.3°
Bearing from Syracuse
168.3° SSE

Halfway between Allentown and Syracuse

The great-circle midpoint is at 41.817780, -75.804644 (41°49'4.01"N 75°48'16.72"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Montrose, PA, with 1,271 residents, 3.9 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, Allentown gets 15 h 05 min of daylight and Syracuse 15 h 22 min; on December 21, 9 h 16 min and 9 h 00 min. Syracuse is 2.45° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Syracuse has 1.1 times the population of Allentown. From July 2020 to July 2024, Allentown changed by +1.1% and Syracuse by -0.6%. The trip crosses from Pennsylvania into New York.

  1. 01Allentown, PA127,138 (+1.1%)
  2. 02Syracuse, NY146,097 (-0.6%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Allentown from Syracuse?

172.5 miles, 277.7 km or 149.9 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Syracuse from Allentown?

N. The great-circle path leaves Allentown on a bearing of 348.8° and arrives at Syracuse on 348.3°. The return trip starts on 168.3°.

What is halfway between Allentown and Syracuse?

The midpoint is at 41.817780, -75.804644. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Montrose, PA, 3.9 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Allentown and Syracuse?

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

Which is bigger, Allentown or Syracuse?

Syracuse, with 146,097 residents in July 2024 against 127,138 for Allentown, 1.1 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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