Ohio to Michigan

Distance from Cleveland to Detroit

Straight-line distance

96.2mi

Cleveland, OH and Detroit, MI are 96.2 miles (154.8 km) apart in a straight line. From Cleveland, the shortest path starts out heading NW (311°).

kilometers
154.8
nautical miles
83.6
heading from Cleveland
311° NW
heading from Detroit
130° SE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Cleveland is from Detroit

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Cleveland and Detroit is 96.2 miles, 154.8 km or 83.6 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 96.2 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
96.2
Kilometers
154.8
Nautical miles
83.6
Bearing from Cleveland
311.0° NW
Bearing arriving at Detroit
310.0°
Bearing from Detroit
130.0° SE

Halfway between Cleveland and Detroit

The great-circle midpoint is at 41.932946, -82.385756 (41°55'58.60"N 82°23'8.72"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Sheffield Lake, OH, with 9,035 residents, 34.1 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 Detroit uses America/Detroit; Detroit is the same clock time all year. On June 21, Cleveland gets 15 h 11 min of daylight and Detroit 15 h 17 min; on December 21, 9 h 10 min and 9 h 04 min. Detroit is 0.90° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Detroit has 1.8 times the population of Cleveland. From July 2020 to July 2024, Cleveland changed by -1.7% and Detroit by +1.1%. The trip crosses from Ohio into Michigan.

  1. 01Cleveland, OH365,379 (-1.7%)
  2. 02Detroit, MI645,705 (+1.1%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Cleveland from Detroit?

96.2 miles, 154.8 km or 83.6 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Detroit from Cleveland?

NW. The great-circle path leaves Cleveland on a bearing of 311.0° and arrives at Detroit on 310.0°. The return trip starts on 130.0°.

What is halfway between Cleveland and Detroit?

The midpoint is at 41.932946, -82.385756. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Sheffield Lake, OH, 34.1 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Cleveland and Detroit?

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

Which is bigger, Cleveland or Detroit?

Detroit, with 645,705 residents in July 2024 against 365,379 for Cleveland, 1.8 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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