New Jersey to Pennsylvania

Distance from Jersey City to Philadelphia

Straight-line distance

74.3mi

Jersey City, NJ and Philadelphia, PA are 74.3 miles (119.5 km) apart in a straight line. From Jersey City, the shortest path starts out heading SW (230°).

kilometers
119.5
nautical miles
64.5
heading from Jersey City
230° SW
heading from Philadelphia
49° NE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Jersey City is from Philadelphia

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Jersey City and Philadelphia is 74.3 miles, 119.5 km or 64.5 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 74.3 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
74.3
Kilometers
119.5
Nautical miles
64.5
Bearing from Jersey City
229.6° SW
Bearing arriving at Philadelphia
228.9°
Bearing from Philadelphia
48.9° NE

Halfway between Jersey City and Philadelphia

The great-circle midpoint is at 40.361629, -74.601832 (40°21'41.86"N 74°36'6.59"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Princeton, NJ, with 31,445 residents, 3.4 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 Philadelphia 15 h 01 min; on December 21, 9 h 15 min and 9 h 20 min. Jersey City is 0.70° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Philadelphia has 5.2 times the population of Jersey City. From July 2020 to July 2024, Jersey City changed by +3.7% and Philadelphia by -1.7%. The trip crosses from New Jersey into Pennsylvania.

  1. 01Jersey City, NJ302,824 (+3.7%)
  2. 02Philadelphia, PA1,573,916 (-1.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Jersey City from Philadelphia?

74.3 miles, 119.5 km or 64.5 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Philadelphia from Jersey City?

SW. The great-circle path leaves Jersey City on a bearing of 229.6° and arrives at Philadelphia on 228.9°. The return trip starts on 48.9°.

What is halfway between Jersey City and Philadelphia?

The midpoint is at 40.361629, -74.601832. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Princeton, NJ, 3.4 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Jersey City and Philadelphia?

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

Which is bigger, Jersey City or Philadelphia?

Philadelphia, with 1,573,916 residents in July 2024 against 302,824 for Jersey City, 5.2 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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