Iowa to Illinois

Distance from Cedar Rapids to Peoria

Straight-line distance

135.8mi

Cedar Rapids, IA and Peoria, IL are 135.8 miles (218.6 km) apart in a straight line. From Cedar Rapids, the shortest path starts out heading SE (127°).

kilometers
218.6
nautical miles
118.0
heading from Cedar Rapids
127° SE
heading from Peoria
309° NW
Cedar RapidsPeoria

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

How far Cedar Rapids is from Peoria

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Cedar Rapids and Peoria is 135.8 miles, 218.6 km or 118.0 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 135.8 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
135.8
Kilometers
218.6
Nautical miles
118.0
Bearing from Cedar Rapids
127.4° SE
Bearing arriving at Peoria
128.8°
Bearing from Peoria
308.8° NW

Halfway between Cedar Rapids and Peoria

The great-circle midpoint is at 41.362501, -90.638594 (41°21'45.00"N 90°38'18.94"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Milan, IL, with 5,033 residents, 6.4 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, Cedar Rapids gets 15 h 14 min of daylight and Peoria 15 h 06 min; on December 21, 9 h 07 min and 9 h 15 min. Cedar Rapids is 1.21° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Cedar Rapids has 1.2 times the population of Peoria. From July 2020 to July 2024, Cedar Rapids changed by +0.0% and Peoria by -1.1%. The trip crosses from Iowa into Illinois.

  1. 01Cedar Rapids, IA137,904 (+0.0%)
  2. 02Peoria, IL111,696 (-1.1%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Cedar Rapids from Peoria?

135.8 miles, 218.6 km or 118.0 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Peoria from Cedar Rapids?

SE. The great-circle path leaves Cedar Rapids on a bearing of 127.4° and arrives at Peoria on 128.8°. The return trip starts on 308.8°.

What is halfway between Cedar Rapids and Peoria?

The midpoint is at 41.362501, -90.638594. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Milan, IL, 6.4 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Cedar Rapids and Peoria?

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

Which is bigger, Cedar Rapids or Peoria?

Cedar Rapids, with 137,904 residents in July 2024 against 111,696 for Peoria, 1.2 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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