Illinois to Wisconsin

Distance from Aurora to Madison

Straight-line distance

108.4mi

Aurora, IL and Madison, WI are 108.4 miles (174.5 km) apart in a straight line. From Aurora, the shortest path starts out heading NNW (328°).

kilometers
174.5
nautical miles
94.2
heading from Aurora
328° NNW
heading from Madison
147° SSE
AuroraMadison

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

How far Aurora is from Madison

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Aurora and Madison is 108.4 miles, 174.5 km or 94.2 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 108.4 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
108.4
Kilometers
174.5
Nautical miles
94.2
Bearing from Aurora
328.0° NNW
Bearing arriving at Madison
327.2°
Bearing from Madison
147.2° SSE

Halfway between Aurora and Madison

The great-circle midpoint is at 42.427061, -88.853980 (42°25'37.42"N 88°51'14.33"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Poplar Grove, IL, with 5,165 residents, 5.3 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/Chicago, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Aurora gets 15 h 13 min of daylight and Madison 15 h 22 min; on December 21, 9 h 09 min and 9 h 00 min. Madison is 1.32° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Madison has 1.6 times the population of Aurora. From July 2020 to July 2024, Aurora changed by +0.2% and Madison by +3.8%. The trip crosses from Illinois into Wisconsin.

  1. 01Aurora, IL180,710 (+0.2%)
  2. 02Madison, WI285,300 (+3.8%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Aurora from Madison?

108.4 miles, 174.5 km or 94.2 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Madison from Aurora?

NNW. The great-circle path leaves Aurora on a bearing of 328.0° and arrives at Madison on 327.2°. The return trip starts on 147.2°.

What is halfway between Aurora and Madison?

The midpoint is at 42.427061, -88.853980. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Poplar Grove, IL, 5.3 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Aurora and Madison?

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

Which is bigger, Aurora or Madison?

Madison, with 285,300 residents in July 2024 against 180,710 for Aurora, 1.6 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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