Illinois

Distance from Aurora to Peoria

Straight-line distance

98.2mi

Aurora, IL and Peoria, IL are 98.2 miles (158.0 km) apart in a straight line. From Aurora, the shortest path starts out heading SW (225°).

kilometers
158.0
nautical miles
85.3
heading from Aurora
225° SW
heading from Peoria
44° NE
AuroraPeoria

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

How far Aurora is from Peoria

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Aurora and Peoria is 98.2 miles, 158.0 km or 85.3 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 98.2 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
98.2
Kilometers
158.0
Nautical miles
85.3
Bearing from Aurora
225.0° SW
Bearing arriving at Peoria
224.2°
Bearing from Peoria
44.2° NE

Halfway between Aurora and Peoria

The great-circle midpoint is at 41.259455, -88.958790 (41°15'34.04"N 88°57'31.65"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Oglesby, IL, with 3,626 residents, 6.3 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 Peoria 15 h 06 min; on December 21, 9 h 09 min and 9 h 15 min. Aurora is 1.01° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Aurora has 1.6 times the population of Peoria. From July 2020 to July 2024, Aurora changed by +0.2% and Peoria by -1.1%. Both are in Illinois.

  1. 01Aurora, IL180,710 (+0.2%)
  2. 02Peoria, IL111,696 (-1.1%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Aurora from Peoria?

98.2 miles, 158.0 km or 85.3 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Peoria from Aurora?

SW. The great-circle path leaves Aurora on a bearing of 225.0° and arrives at Peoria on 224.2°. The return trip starts on 44.2°.

What is halfway between Aurora and Peoria?

The midpoint is at 41.259455, -88.958790. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Oglesby, IL, 6.3 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Aurora and Peoria?

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

Which is bigger, Aurora or Peoria?

Aurora, with 180,710 residents in July 2024 against 111,696 for Peoria, 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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