Connecticut

Distance from Hartford to Stamford

Straight-line distance

65.2mi

Hartford, CT and Stamford, CT are 65.2 miles (105.0 km) apart in a straight line. From Hartford, the shortest path starts out heading SW (224°).

kilometers
105.0
nautical miles
56.7
heading from Hartford
224° SW
heading from Stamford
43° NE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Hartford is from Stamford

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Hartford and Stamford is 65.2 miles, 105.0 km or 56.7 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 65.2 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
65.2
Kilometers
105.0
Nautical miles
56.7
Bearing from Hartford
223.7° SW
Bearing arriving at Stamford
223.1°
Bearing from Stamford
43.1° NE

Halfway between Hartford and Stamford

The great-circle midpoint is at 41.423559, -73.116134 (41°25'24.81"N 73°06'58.08"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Naugatuck, CT, with 32,116 residents, 5.5 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 Stamford 15 h 08 min; on December 21, 9 h 08 min and 9 h 13 min. Hartford is 0.69° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Stamford has 1.1 times the population of Hartford. From July 2020 to July 2024, Hartford changed by +1.4% and Stamford by +2.7%. Both are in Connecticut.

  1. 01Hartford, CT122,129 (+1.4%)
  2. 02Stamford, CT139,134 (+2.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Hartford from Stamford?

65.2 miles, 105.0 km or 56.7 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Stamford from Hartford?

SW. The great-circle path leaves Hartford on a bearing of 223.7° and arrives at Stamford on 223.1°. The return trip starts on 43.1°.

What is halfway between Hartford and Stamford?

The midpoint is at 41.423559, -73.116134. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Naugatuck, CT, 5.5 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Hartford and Stamford?

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

Which is bigger, Hartford or Stamford?

Stamford, with 139,134 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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