Indiana to Illinois

Distance from Carmel to Joliet

Straight-line distance

149.8mi

Carmel, IN and Joliet, IL are 149.8 miles (241.1 km) apart in a straight line. From Carmel, the shortest path starts out heading NW (316°).

kilometers
241.1
nautical miles
130.2
heading from Carmel
316° NW
heading from Joliet
135° SE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Carmel is from Joliet

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Carmel and Joliet is 149.8 miles, 241.1 km or 130.2 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 149.8 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
149.8
Kilometers
241.1
Nautical miles
130.2
Bearing from Carmel
316.3° NW
Bearing arriving at Joliet
315.0°
Bearing from Joliet
135.0° SE

Halfway between Carmel and Joliet

The great-circle midpoint is at 40.745513, -87.136539 (40°44'43.85"N 87°08'11.54"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Remington, IN, with 1,367 residents, 1.7 miles from the midpoint. To find towns near the midpoint of any two places, use the halfway tool.

Time zones and daylight

Carmel uses America/Indiana/Indianapolis and Joliet uses America/Chicago; Joliet is 1 hour behind all year. On June 21, Carmel gets 15 h 01 min of daylight and Joliet 15 h 11 min; on December 21, 9 h 20 min and 9 h 10 min. Joliet is 1.55° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Joliet has 1.5 times the population of Carmel. From July 2020 to July 2024, Carmel changed by +3.7% and Joliet by +1.0%. The trip crosses from Indiana into Illinois.

  1. 01Carmel, IN103,606 (+3.7%)
  2. 02Joliet, IL151,837 (+1.0%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Carmel from Joliet?

149.8 miles, 241.1 km or 130.2 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Joliet from Carmel?

NW. The great-circle path leaves Carmel on a bearing of 316.3° and arrives at Joliet on 315.0°. The return trip starts on 135.0°.

What is halfway between Carmel and Joliet?

The midpoint is at 40.745513, -87.136539. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Remington, IN, 1.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Carmel and Joliet?

Carmel uses America/Indiana/Indianapolis and Joliet uses America/Chicago; Joliet is 1 hour behind all year.

Which is bigger, Carmel or Joliet?

Joliet, with 151,837 residents in July 2024 against 103,606 for Carmel, 1.5 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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