Connecticut to Massachusetts

Distance from Hartford to Worcester

Straight-line distance

56.8mi

Hartford, CT and Worcester, MA are 56.8 miles (91.4 km) apart in a straight line. From Hartford, the shortest path starts out heading NE (52°).

kilometers
91.4
nautical miles
49.3
heading from Hartford
52° NE
heading from Worcester
232° SW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Hartford is from Worcester

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Hartford and Worcester is 56.8 miles, 91.4 km or 49.3 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 56.8 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
56.8
Kilometers
91.4
Nautical miles
49.3
Bearing from Hartford
51.9° NE
Bearing arriving at Worcester
52.5°
Bearing from Worcester
232.5° SW

Halfway between Hartford and Worcester

The great-circle midpoint is at 42.018528, -72.246430 (42°01'6.70"N 72°14'47.15"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Southbridge Town, MA, with 18,106 residents, 11.2 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 Worcester 15 h 17 min; on December 21, 9 h 08 min and 9 h 05 min. Worcester is 0.50° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Worcester has 1.7 times the population of Hartford. From July 2020 to July 2024, Hartford changed by +1.4% and Worcester by +4.4%. The trip crosses from Connecticut into Massachusetts.

  1. 01Hartford, CT122,129 (+1.4%)
  2. 02Worcester, MA211,286 (+4.4%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Hartford from Worcester?

56.8 miles, 91.4 km or 49.3 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Worcester from Hartford?

NE. The great-circle path leaves Hartford on a bearing of 51.9° and arrives at Worcester on 52.5°. The return trip starts on 232.5°.

What is halfway between Hartford and Worcester?

The midpoint is at 42.018528, -72.246430. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Southbridge Town, MA, 11.2 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Hartford and Worcester?

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

Which is bigger, Hartford or Worcester?

Worcester, with 211,286 residents in July 2024 against 122,129 for Hartford, 1.7 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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