Ohio

Distance from Columbus to Toledo

Straight-line distance

120.2mi

Columbus, OH and Toledo, OH are 120.2 miles (193.5 km) apart in a straight line. From Columbus, the shortest path starts out heading NNW (345°).

kilometers
193.5
nautical miles
104.5
heading from Columbus
345° NNW
heading from Toledo
165° SSE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Columbus is from Toledo

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Columbus and Toledo is 120.2 miles, 193.5 km or 104.5 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 120.2 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
120.2
Kilometers
193.5
Nautical miles
104.5
Bearing from Columbus
345.1° NNW
Bearing arriving at Toledo
344.8°
Bearing from Toledo
164.8° SSE

Halfway between Columbus and Toledo

The great-circle midpoint is at 40.824385, -83.279619 (40°49'27.78"N 83°16'46.63"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Upper Sandusky, OH, with 6,627 residents, 0.6 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, Columbus gets 15 h 01 min of daylight and Toledo 15 h 12 min; on December 21, 9 h 20 min and 9 h 09 min. Toledo is 1.68° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Columbus has 3.5 times the population of Toledo. From July 2020 to July 2024, Columbus changed by +3.0% and Toledo by -1.7%. Both are in Ohio.

  1. 01Columbus, OH933,263 (+3.0%)
  2. 02Toledo, OH265,638 (-1.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Columbus from Toledo?

120.2 miles, 193.5 km or 104.5 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Toledo from Columbus?

NNW. The great-circle path leaves Columbus on a bearing of 345.1° and arrives at Toledo on 344.8°. The return trip starts on 164.8°.

What is halfway between Columbus and Toledo?

The midpoint is at 40.824385, -83.279619. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Upper Sandusky, OH, 0.6 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Columbus and Toledo?

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

Which is bigger, Columbus or Toledo?

Columbus, with 933,263 residents in July 2024 against 265,638 for Toledo, 3.5 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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