Ohio to New York

Distance from Cleveland to Rochester

Straight-line distance

238.1mi

Cleveland, OH and Rochester, NY are 238.1 miles (383.2 km) apart in a straight line. From Cleveland, the shortest path starts out heading ENE (59°).

kilometers
383.2
nautical miles
206.9
heading from Cleveland
59° ENE
heading from Rochester
242° WSW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Cleveland is from Rochester

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Cleveland and Rochester is 238.1 miles, 383.2 km or 206.9 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 238.2 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
238.1
Kilometers
383.2
Nautical miles
206.9
Bearing from Cleveland
59.3° ENE
Bearing arriving at Rochester
62.0°
Bearing from Rochester
242.0° WSW

Halfway between Cleveland and Rochester

The great-circle midpoint is at 42.342126, -79.675468 (42°20'31.65"N 79°40'31.68"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Westfield, NY, with 2,887 residents, 5.3 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 Rochester 15 h 23 min; on December 21, 9 h 10 min and 8 h 59 min. Rochester is 1.69° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Cleveland has 1.8 times the population of Rochester. From July 2020 to July 2024, Cleveland changed by -1.7% and Rochester by -1.7%. The trip crosses from Ohio into New York.

  1. 01Cleveland, OH365,379 (-1.7%)
  2. 02Rochester, NY207,282 (-1.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Cleveland from Rochester?

238.1 miles, 383.2 km or 206.9 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Rochester from Cleveland?

ENE. The great-circle path leaves Cleveland on a bearing of 59.3° and arrives at Rochester on 62.0°. The return trip starts on 242.0°.

What is halfway between Cleveland and Rochester?

The midpoint is at 42.342126, -79.675468. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Westfield, NY, 5.3 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Cleveland and Rochester?

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

Which is bigger, Cleveland or Rochester?

Cleveland, with 365,379 residents in July 2024 against 207,282 for Rochester, 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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