Ohio to Michigan

Distance from Cleveland to Sterling Heights

Straight-line distance

103.0mi

Cleveland, OH and Sterling Heights, MI are 103.0 miles (165.8 km) apart in a straight line. From Cleveland, the shortest path starts out heading NW (318°).

kilometers
165.8
nautical miles
89.5
heading from Cleveland
318° NW
heading from Sterling Heights
137° SE
ClevelandSterling Heights

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

How far Cleveland is from Sterling Heights

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Cleveland and Sterling Heights is 103.0 miles, 165.8 km or 89.5 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 103.0 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
103.0
Kilometers
165.8
Nautical miles
89.5
Bearing from Cleveland
318.1° NW
Bearing arriving at Sterling Heights
317.2°
Bearing from Sterling Heights
137.2° SE

Halfway between Cleveland and Sterling Heights

The great-circle midpoint is at 42.031830, -82.348991 (42°01'54.59"N 82°20'56.37"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Grosse Pointe, MI, with 5,526 residents, 37.4 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 Sterling Heights uses America/Detroit; Sterling Heights is the same clock time all year. On June 21, Cleveland gets 15 h 11 min of daylight and Sterling Heights 15 h 19 min; on December 21, 9 h 10 min and 9 h 03 min. Sterling Heights is 1.10° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Cleveland has 2.7 times the population of Sterling Heights. From July 2020 to July 2024, Cleveland changed by -1.7% and Sterling Heights by +0.2%. The trip crosses from Ohio into Michigan.

  1. 01Cleveland, OH365,379 (-1.7%)
  2. 02Sterling Heights, MI134,342 (+0.2%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Cleveland from Sterling Heights?

103.0 miles, 165.8 km or 89.5 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Sterling Heights from Cleveland?

NW. The great-circle path leaves Cleveland on a bearing of 318.1° and arrives at Sterling Heights on 317.2°. The return trip starts on 137.2°.

What is halfway between Cleveland and Sterling Heights?

The midpoint is at 42.031830, -82.348991. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Grosse Pointe, MI, 37.4 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Cleveland and Sterling Heights?

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

Which is bigger, Cleveland or Sterling Heights?

Cleveland, with 365,379 residents in July 2024 against 134,342 for Sterling Heights, 2.7 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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