Iowa to Minnesota

Distance from Davenport to Rochester

Straight-line distance

194.6mi

Davenport, IA and Rochester, MN are 194.6 miles (313.2 km) apart in a straight line. From Davenport, the shortest path starts out heading NNW (331°).

kilometers
313.2
nautical miles
169.1
heading from Davenport
331° NNW
heading from Rochester
150° SSE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Davenport is from Rochester

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Davenport and Rochester is 194.6 miles, 313.2 km or 169.1 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 194.6 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
194.6
Kilometers
313.2
Nautical miles
169.1
Bearing from Davenport
331.4° NNW
Bearing arriving at Rochester
330.1°
Bearing from Rochester
150.1° SSE

Halfway between Davenport and Rochester

The great-circle midpoint is at 42.789371, -91.522640 (42°47'21.74"N 91°31'21.50"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Strawberry Point, IA, with 1,141 residents, 7.5 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/Chicago, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Davenport gets 15 h 12 min of daylight and Rochester 15 h 29 min; on December 21, 9 h 10 min and 8 h 53 min. Rochester is 2.46° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Rochester has 1.2 times the population of Davenport. From July 2020 to July 2024, Davenport changed by -0.7% and Rochester by +1.7%. The trip crosses from Iowa into Minnesota.

  1. 01Davenport, IA100,938 (-0.7%)
  2. 02Rochester, MN123,624 (+1.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Davenport from Rochester?

194.6 miles, 313.2 km or 169.1 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Rochester from Davenport?

NNW. The great-circle path leaves Davenport on a bearing of 331.4° and arrives at Rochester on 330.1°. The return trip starts on 150.1°.

What is halfway between Davenport and Rochester?

The midpoint is at 42.789371, -91.522640. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Strawberry Point, IA, 7.5 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Davenport and Rochester?

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

Which is bigger, Davenport or Rochester?

Rochester, with 123,624 residents in July 2024 against 100,938 for Davenport, 1.2 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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