Wisconsin to Minnesota

Distance from Madison to St. Paul

Straight-line distance

223.3mi

Madison, WI and St. Paul, MN are 223.3 miles (359.3 km) apart in a straight line. From Madison, the shortest path starts out heading NW (306°).

kilometers
359.3
nautical miles
194.0
heading from Madison
306° NW
heading from St. Paul
124° SE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Madison is from St. Paul

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Madison and St. Paul is 223.3 miles, 359.3 km or 194.0 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 223.3 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
223.3
Kilometers
359.3
Nautical miles
194.0
Bearing from Madison
306.4° NW
Bearing arriving at St. Paul
303.9°
Bearing from St. Paul
123.9° SE

Halfway between Madison and St. Paul

The great-circle midpoint is at 44.033066, -91.238156 (44°01'59.04"N 91°14'17.36"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Holmen, WI, with 11,866 residents, 4.5 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/Chicago, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Madison gets 15 h 22 min of daylight and St. Paul 15 h 37 min; on December 21, 9 h 00 min and 8 h 46 min. St. Paul is 1.86° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

St. Paul has 1.1 times the population of Madison. From July 2020 to July 2024, Madison changed by +3.8% and St. Paul by -1.2%. The trip crosses from Wisconsin into Minnesota.

  1. 01Madison, WI285,300 (+3.8%)
  2. 02St. Paul, MN307,465 (-1.2%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Madison from St. Paul?

223.3 miles, 359.3 km or 194.0 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is St. Paul from Madison?

NW. The great-circle path leaves Madison on a bearing of 306.4° and arrives at St. Paul on 303.9°. The return trip starts on 123.9°.

What is halfway between Madison and St. Paul?

The midpoint is at 44.033066, -91.238156. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Holmen, WI, 4.5 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Madison and St. Paul?

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

Which is bigger, Madison or St. Paul?

St. Paul, with 307,465 residents in July 2024 against 285,300 for Madison, 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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