Minnesota

Distance from Minneapolis to Rochester

Straight-line distance

76.3mi

Minneapolis, MN and Rochester, MN are 76.3 miles (122.7 km) apart in a straight line. From Minneapolis, the shortest path starts out heading SSE (149°).

kilometers
122.7
nautical miles
66.3
heading from Minneapolis
149° SSE
heading from Rochester
330° NNW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Minneapolis is from Rochester

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Minneapolis and Rochester is 76.3 miles, 122.7 km or 66.3 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 76.3 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
76.3
Kilometers
122.7
Nautical miles
66.3
Bearing from Minneapolis
149.0° SSE
Bearing arriving at Rochester
149.6°
Bearing from Rochester
329.6° NNW

Halfway between Minneapolis and Rochester

The great-circle midpoint is at 44.489480, -92.870238 (44°29'22.13"N 92°52'12.86"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Cannon Falls, MN, with 4,201 residents, 2.1 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, Minneapolis gets 15 h 37 min of daylight and Rochester 15 h 29 min; on December 21, 8 h 46 min and 8 h 53 min. Minneapolis is 0.95° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Minneapolis has 3.5 times the population of Rochester. From July 2020 to July 2024, Minneapolis changed by -0.5% and Rochester by +1.7%. Both are in Minnesota.

  1. 01Minneapolis, MN428,579 (-0.5%)
  2. 02Rochester, MN123,624 (+1.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Minneapolis from Rochester?

76.3 miles, 122.7 km or 66.3 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Rochester from Minneapolis?

SSE. The great-circle path leaves Minneapolis on a bearing of 149.0° and arrives at Rochester on 149.6°. The return trip starts on 329.6°.

What is halfway between Minneapolis and Rochester?

The midpoint is at 44.489480, -92.870238. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Cannon Falls, MN, 2.1 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Minneapolis and Rochester?

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

Which is bigger, Minneapolis or Rochester?

Minneapolis, with 428,579 residents in July 2024 against 123,624 for Rochester, 3.5 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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