Wisconsin

Distance from Green Bay to Milwaukee

Straight-line distance

100.8mi

Green Bay, WI and Milwaukee, WI are 100.8 miles (162.2 km) apart in a straight line. From Green Bay, the shortest path starts out heading S (179°).

kilometers
162.2
nautical miles
87.6
heading from Green Bay
179° S
heading from Milwaukee
359° N
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Green Bay is from Milwaukee

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Green Bay and Milwaukee is 100.8 miles, 162.2 km or 87.6 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 100.8 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
100.8
Kilometers
162.2
Nautical miles
87.6
Bearing from Green Bay
179.4° S
Bearing arriving at Milwaukee
179.4°
Bearing from Milwaukee
359.4° N

Halfway between Green Bay and Milwaukee

The great-circle midpoint is at 43.792400, -87.976529 (43°47'32.64"N 87°58'35.50"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Elkhart Lake, WI, with 1,102 residents, 3.3 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/Chicago, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Green Bay gets 15 h 33 min of daylight and Milwaukee 15 h 22 min; on December 21, 8 h 49 min and 9 h 00 min. Green Bay is 1.46° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Milwaukee has 5.3 times the population of Green Bay. From July 2020 to July 2024, Green Bay changed by -0.9% and Milwaukee by -2.4%. Both are in Wisconsin.

  1. 01Green Bay, WI106,311 (-0.9%)
  2. 02Milwaukee, WI563,531 (-2.4%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Green Bay from Milwaukee?

100.8 miles, 162.2 km or 87.6 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Milwaukee from Green Bay?

S. The great-circle path leaves Green Bay on a bearing of 179.4° and arrives at Milwaukee on 179.4°. The return trip starts on 359.4°.

What is halfway between Green Bay and Milwaukee?

The midpoint is at 43.792400, -87.976529. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Elkhart Lake, WI, 3.3 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Green Bay and Milwaukee?

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

Which is bigger, Green Bay or Milwaukee?

Milwaukee, with 563,531 residents in July 2024 against 106,311 for Green Bay, 5.3 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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