Illinois to Wisconsin

Distance from Aurora to Milwaukee

Straight-line distance

91.3mi

Aurora, IL and Milwaukee, WI are 91.3 miles (147.0 km) apart in a straight line. From Aurora, the shortest path starts out heading N (10°).

kilometers
147.0
nautical miles
79.3
heading from Aurora
10° N
heading from Milwaukee
191° S
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Aurora is from Milwaukee

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Aurora and Milwaukee is 91.3 miles, 147.0 km or 79.3 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 91.3 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
91.3
Kilometers
147.0
Nautical miles
79.3
Bearing from Aurora
10.3° N
Bearing arriving at Milwaukee
10.5°
Bearing from Milwaukee
190.5° S

Halfway between Aurora and Milwaukee

The great-circle midpoint is at 42.413514, -88.130076 (42°24'48.65"N 88°07'48.27"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Round Lake Heights, IL, with 2,599 residents, 2.4 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/Chicago, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Aurora gets 15 h 13 min of daylight and Milwaukee 15 h 22 min; on December 21, 9 h 09 min and 9 h 00 min. Milwaukee is 1.30° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Milwaukee has 3.1 times the population of Aurora. From July 2020 to July 2024, Aurora changed by +0.2% and Milwaukee by -2.4%. The trip crosses from Illinois into Wisconsin.

  1. 01Aurora, IL180,710 (+0.2%)
  2. 02Milwaukee, WI563,531 (-2.4%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Aurora from Milwaukee?

91.3 miles, 147.0 km or 79.3 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Milwaukee from Aurora?

N. The great-circle path leaves Aurora on a bearing of 10.3° and arrives at Milwaukee on 10.5°. The return trip starts on 190.5°.

What is halfway between Aurora and Milwaukee?

The midpoint is at 42.413514, -88.130076. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Round Lake Heights, IL, 2.4 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Aurora and Milwaukee?

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

Which is bigger, Aurora or Milwaukee?

Milwaukee, with 563,531 residents in July 2024 against 180,710 for Aurora, 3.1 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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