Ohio to Michigan

Distance from Cleveland to Dearborn

Straight-line distance

97.6mi

Cleveland, OH and Dearborn, MI are 97.6 miles (157.1 km) apart in a straight line. From Cleveland, the shortest path starts out heading NW (307°).

kilometers
157.1
nautical miles
84.8
heading from Cleveland
307° NW
heading from Dearborn
126° SE
ClevelandDearborn

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

How far Cleveland is from Dearborn

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Cleveland and Dearborn is 97.6 miles, 157.1 km or 84.8 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 97.6 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
97.6
Kilometers
157.1
Nautical miles
84.8
Bearing from Cleveland
306.7° NW
Bearing arriving at Dearborn
305.7°
Bearing from Dearborn
125.7° SE

Halfway between Cleveland and Dearborn

The great-circle midpoint is at 41.898346, -82.440444 (41°53'54.04"N 82°26'25.60"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Sheffield Lake, OH, with 9,035 residents, 33.4 miles from the midpoint. To find towns near the midpoint of any two places, use the halfway tool.

Time zones and daylight

Cleveland uses America/New_York and Dearborn uses America/Detroit; Dearborn is the same clock time all year. On June 21, Cleveland gets 15 h 11 min of daylight and Dearborn 15 h 17 min; on December 21, 9 h 10 min and 9 h 05 min. Dearborn is 0.83° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Cleveland has 3.4 times the population of Dearborn. From July 2020 to July 2024, Cleveland changed by -1.7% and Dearborn by -2.9%. The trip crosses from Ohio into Michigan.

  1. 01Cleveland, OH365,379 (-1.7%)
  2. 02Dearborn, MI106,377 (-2.9%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Cleveland from Dearborn?

97.6 miles, 157.1 km or 84.8 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Dearborn from Cleveland?

NW. The great-circle path leaves Cleveland on a bearing of 306.7° and arrives at Dearborn on 305.7°. The return trip starts on 125.7°.

What is halfway between Cleveland and Dearborn?

The midpoint is at 41.898346, -82.440444. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Sheffield Lake, OH, 33.4 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Cleveland and Dearborn?

Cleveland uses America/New_York and Dearborn uses America/Detroit; Dearborn is the same clock time all year.

Which is bigger, Cleveland or Dearborn?

Cleveland, with 365,379 residents in July 2024 against 106,377 for Dearborn, 3.4 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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