Wisconsin to Minnesota

Distance from Green Bay to Minneapolis

Straight-line distance

260.9mi

Green Bay, WI and Minneapolis, MN are 260.9 miles (420.0 km) apart in a straight line. From Green Bay, the shortest path starts out heading W (279°).

kilometers
420.0
nautical miles
226.8
heading from Green Bay
279° W
heading from Minneapolis
95° E
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Green Bay is from Minneapolis

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Green Bay and Minneapolis is 260.9 miles, 420.0 km or 226.8 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 261.0 miles, 76 meters longer.

Measurements

Miles
260.9
Kilometers
420.0
Nautical miles
226.8
Bearing from Green Bay
278.6° W
Bearing arriving at Minneapolis
274.9°
Bearing from Minneapolis
94.9° E

Halfway between Green Bay and Minneapolis

The great-circle midpoint is at 44.772839, -90.617352 (44°46'22.22"N 90°37'2.47"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Greenwood, WI, with 1,074 residents, 1.1 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 Minneapolis 15 h 37 min; on December 21, 8 h 49 min and 8 h 46 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Minneapolis has 4.0 times the population of Green Bay. From July 2020 to July 2024, Green Bay changed by -0.9% and Minneapolis by -0.5%. The trip crosses from Wisconsin into Minnesota.

  1. 01Green Bay, WI106,311 (-0.9%)
  2. 02Minneapolis, MN428,579 (-0.5%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Green Bay from Minneapolis?

260.9 miles, 420.0 km or 226.8 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Minneapolis from Green Bay?

W. The great-circle path leaves Green Bay on a bearing of 278.6° and arrives at Minneapolis on 274.9°. The return trip starts on 94.9°.

What is halfway between Green Bay and Minneapolis?

The midpoint is at 44.772839, -90.617352. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Greenwood, WI, 1.1 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Green Bay and Minneapolis?

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

Which is bigger, Green Bay or Minneapolis?

Minneapolis, with 428,579 residents in July 2024 against 106,311 for Green Bay, 4.0 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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