Ohio

Distance from Dayton to Toledo

Straight-line distance

133.8mi

Dayton, OH and Toledo, OH are 133.8 miles (215.4 km) apart in a straight line. From Dayton, the shortest path starts out heading NNE (14°).

kilometers
215.4
nautical miles
116.3
heading from Dayton
14° NNE
heading from Toledo
194° SSW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Dayton is from Toledo

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Dayton and Toledo is 133.8 miles, 215.4 km or 116.3 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 133.8 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
133.8
Kilometers
215.4
Nautical miles
116.3
Bearing from Dayton
13.8° NNE
Bearing arriving at Toledo
14.2°
Bearing from Toledo
194.2° SSW

Halfway between Dayton and Toledo

The great-circle midpoint is at 40.724812, -83.895111 (40°43'29.32"N 83°53'42.40"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Ada, OH, with 5,293 residents, 4.7 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, Dayton gets 15 h 00 min of daylight and Toledo 15 h 12 min; on December 21, 9 h 21 min and 9 h 09 min. Toledo is 1.88° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Toledo has 1.9 times the population of Dayton. From July 2020 to July 2024, Dayton changed by -0.9% and Toledo by -1.7%. Both are in Ohio.

  1. 01Dayton, OH136,346 (-0.9%)
  2. 02Toledo, OH265,638 (-1.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Dayton from Toledo?

133.8 miles, 215.4 km or 116.3 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Toledo from Dayton?

NNE. The great-circle path leaves Dayton on a bearing of 13.8° and arrives at Toledo on 14.2°. The return trip starts on 194.2°.

What is halfway between Dayton and Toledo?

The midpoint is at 40.724812, -83.895111. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Ada, OH, 4.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Dayton and Toledo?

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

Which is bigger, Dayton or Toledo?

Toledo, with 265,638 residents in July 2024 against 136,346 for Dayton, 1.9 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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