New York to Ohio

Distance from Buffalo to Cleveland

Straight-line distance

174.3mi

Buffalo, NY and Cleveland, OH are 174.3 miles (280.5 km) apart in a straight line. From Buffalo, the shortest path starts out heading WSW (237°).

kilometers
280.5
nautical miles
151.5
heading from Buffalo
237° WSW
heading from Cleveland
55° NE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Buffalo is from Cleveland

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Buffalo and Cleveland is 174.3 miles, 280.5 km or 151.5 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 174.3 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
174.3
Kilometers
280.5
Nautical miles
151.5
Bearing from Buffalo
236.9° WSW
Bearing arriving at Cleveland
235.0°
Bearing from Cleveland
55.0° NE

Halfway between Buffalo and Cleveland

The great-circle midpoint is at 42.194131, -80.285320 (42°11'38.87"N 80°17'7.15"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Erie, PA, with 92,940 residents, 12.1 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, Buffalo gets 15 h 21 min of daylight and Cleveland 15 h 11 min; on December 21, 9 h 01 min and 9 h 10 min. Buffalo is 1.41° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Cleveland has 1.3 times the population of Buffalo. From July 2020 to July 2024, Buffalo changed by -0.3% and Cleveland by -1.7%. The trip crosses from New York into Ohio.

  1. 01Buffalo, NY276,617 (-0.3%)
  2. 02Cleveland, OH365,379 (-1.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Buffalo from Cleveland?

174.3 miles, 280.5 km or 151.5 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Cleveland from Buffalo?

WSW. The great-circle path leaves Buffalo on a bearing of 236.9° and arrives at Cleveland on 235.0°. The return trip starts on 55.0°.

What is halfway between Buffalo and Cleveland?

The midpoint is at 42.194131, -80.285320. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Erie, PA, 12.1 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Buffalo and Cleveland?

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

Which is bigger, Buffalo or Cleveland?

Cleveland, with 365,379 residents in July 2024 against 276,617 for Buffalo, 1.3 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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