Ohio

Distance from Cleveland to Columbus

Straight-line distance

123.8mi

Cleveland, OH and Columbus, OH are 123.8 miles (199.3 km) apart in a straight line. From Cleveland, the shortest path starts out heading SW (214°).

kilometers
199.3
nautical miles
107.6
heading from Cleveland
214° SW
heading from Columbus
33° NNE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Cleveland is from Columbus

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Cleveland and Columbus is 123.8 miles, 199.3 km or 107.6 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 123.8 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
123.8
Kilometers
199.3
Nautical miles
107.6
Bearing from Cleveland
213.9° SW
Bearing arriving at Columbus
213.1°
Bearing from Columbus
33.1° NNE

Halfway between Cleveland and Columbus

The great-circle midpoint is at 40.733038, -82.339482 (40°43'58.94"N 82°20'22.13"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Loudonville, OH, with 2,778 residents, 8.8 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, Cleveland gets 15 h 11 min of daylight and Columbus 15 h 01 min; on December 21, 9 h 10 min and 9 h 20 min. Cleveland is 1.49° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Columbus has 2.6 times the population of Cleveland. From July 2020 to July 2024, Cleveland changed by -1.7% and Columbus by +3.0%. Both are in Ohio.

  1. 01Cleveland, OH365,379 (-1.7%)
  2. 02Columbus, OH933,263 (+3.0%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Cleveland from Columbus?

123.8 miles, 199.3 km or 107.6 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Columbus from Cleveland?

SW. The great-circle path leaves Cleveland on a bearing of 213.9° and arrives at Columbus on 213.1°. The return trip starts on 33.1°.

What is halfway between Cleveland and Columbus?

The midpoint is at 40.733038, -82.339482. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Loudonville, OH, 8.8 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Cleveland and Columbus?

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

Which is bigger, Cleveland or Columbus?

Columbus, with 933,263 residents in July 2024 against 365,379 for Cleveland, 2.6 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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