Illinois

Distance from Joliet to Peoria

Straight-line distance

93.0mi

Joliet, IL and Peoria, IL are 93.0 miles (149.6 km) apart in a straight line. From Joliet, the shortest path starts out heading SW (236°).

kilometers
149.6
nautical miles
80.8
heading from Joliet
236° SW
heading from Peoria
55° NE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Joliet is from Peoria

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Joliet and Peoria is 93.0 miles, 149.6 km or 80.8 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 93.0 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
93.0
Kilometers
149.6
Nautical miles
80.8
Bearing from Joliet
235.8° SW
Bearing arriving at Peoria
234.9°
Bearing from Peoria
54.9° NE

Halfway between Joliet and Peoria

The great-circle midpoint is at 41.136583, -88.886885 (41°08'11.70"N 88°53'12.79"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Streator, IL, with 12,295 residents, 3.1 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/Chicago, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Joliet gets 15 h 11 min of daylight and Peoria 15 h 06 min; on December 21, 9 h 10 min and 9 h 15 min. Joliet is 0.77° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Joliet has 1.4 times the population of Peoria. From July 2020 to July 2024, Joliet changed by +1.0% and Peoria by -1.1%. Both are in Illinois.

  1. 01Joliet, IL151,837 (+1.0%)
  2. 02Peoria, IL111,696 (-1.1%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Joliet from Peoria?

93.0 miles, 149.6 km or 80.8 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Peoria from Joliet?

SW. The great-circle path leaves Joliet on a bearing of 235.8° and arrives at Peoria on 234.9°. The return trip starts on 54.9°.

What is halfway between Joliet and Peoria?

The midpoint is at 41.136583, -88.886885. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Streator, IL, 3.1 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Joliet and Peoria?

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

Which is bigger, Joliet or Peoria?

Joliet, with 151,837 residents in July 2024 against 111,696 for Peoria, 1.4 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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