Connecticut

Distance from Hartford to New Haven

Straight-line distance

33.9mi

Hartford, CT and New Haven, CT are 33.9 miles (54.5 km) apart in a straight line. From Hartford, the shortest path starts out heading SSW (202°).

kilometers
54.5
nautical miles
29.4
heading from Hartford
202° SSW
heading from New Haven
22° NNE
HartfordNew Haven

Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Hartford is from New Haven

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Hartford and New Haven is 33.9 miles, 54.5 km or 29.4 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 33.9 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
33.9
Kilometers
54.5
Nautical miles
29.4
Bearing from Hartford
201.9° SSW
Bearing arriving at New Haven
201.7°
Bearing from New Haven
21.7° NNE

Halfway between Hartford and New Haven

The great-circle midpoint is at 41.538414, -72.803728 (41°32'18.29"N 72°48'13.42"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Meriden, CT, with 60,849 residents, 0.5 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/New_York, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Hartford gets 15 h 13 min of daylight and New Haven 15 h 10 min; on December 21, 9 h 08 min and 9 h 11 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

New Haven has 1.1 times the population of Hartford. From July 2020 to July 2024, Hartford changed by +1.4% and New Haven by +6.4%. Both are in Connecticut.

  1. 01Hartford, CT122,129 (+1.4%)
  2. 02New Haven, CT137,562 (+6.4%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Hartford from New Haven?

33.9 miles, 54.5 km or 29.4 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is New Haven from Hartford?

SSW. The great-circle path leaves Hartford on a bearing of 201.9° and arrives at New Haven on 201.7°. The return trip starts on 21.7°.

What is halfway between Hartford and New Haven?

The midpoint is at 41.538414, -72.803728. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Meriden, CT, 0.5 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Hartford and New Haven?

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

Which is bigger, Hartford or New Haven?

New Haven, with 137,562 residents in July 2024 against 122,129 for Hartford, 1.1 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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