New Jersey to Connecticut

Distance from Jersey City to New Haven

Straight-line distance

72.4mi

Jersey City, NJ and New Haven, CT are 72.4 miles (116.6 km) apart in a straight line. From Jersey City, the shortest path starts out heading NE (55°).

kilometers
116.6
nautical miles
62.9
heading from Jersey City
55° NE
heading from New Haven
236° SW
Jersey CityNew Haven

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

How far Jersey City is from New Haven

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Jersey City and New Haven is 72.4 miles, 116.6 km or 62.9 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 72.4 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
72.4
Kilometers
116.6
Nautical miles
62.9
Bearing from Jersey City
54.8° NE
Bearing arriving at New Haven
55.5°
Bearing from New Haven
235.5° SW

Halfway between Jersey City and New Haven

The great-circle midpoint is at 41.012503, -73.497492 (41°00'45.01"N 73°29'50.97"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Stamford, CT, with 139,134 residents, 5.3 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/New_York, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Jersey City gets 15 h 06 min of daylight and New Haven 15 h 10 min; on December 21, 9 h 15 min and 9 h 11 min. New Haven is 0.60° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Jersey City has 2.2 times the population of New Haven. From July 2020 to July 2024, Jersey City changed by +3.7% and New Haven by +6.4%. The trip crosses from New Jersey into Connecticut.

  1. 01Jersey City, NJ302,824 (+3.7%)
  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 Jersey City from New Haven?

72.4 miles, 116.6 km or 62.9 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is New Haven from Jersey City?

NE. The great-circle path leaves Jersey City on a bearing of 54.8° and arrives at New Haven on 55.5°. The return trip starts on 235.5°.

What is halfway between Jersey City and New Haven?

The midpoint is at 41.012503, -73.497492. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Stamford, CT, 5.3 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Jersey City and New Haven?

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

Which is bigger, Jersey City or New Haven?

Jersey City, with 302,824 residents in July 2024 against 137,562 for New Haven, 2.2 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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