New York to Pennsylvania

Distance from New York to Philadelphia

Straight-line distance

77.4mi

New York, NY and Philadelphia, PA are 77.4 miles (124.6 km) apart in a straight line. From New York, the shortest path starts out heading SW (235°).

kilometers
124.6
nautical miles
67.3
heading from New York
235° SW
heading from Philadelphia
54° NE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far New York is from Philadelphia

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of New York and Philadelphia is 77.4 miles, 124.6 km or 67.3 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 77.4 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
77.4
Kilometers
124.6
Nautical miles
67.3
Bearing from New York
234.7° SW
Bearing arriving at Philadelphia
234.0°
Bearing from Philadelphia
54.0° NE

Halfway between New York and Philadelphia

The great-circle midpoint is at 40.337586, -74.538892 (40°20'15.31"N 74°32'20.01"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Hightstown, NJ, with 5,978 residents, 4.8 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, New York gets 15 h 05 min of daylight and Philadelphia 15 h 01 min; on December 21, 9 h 16 min and 9 h 20 min. New York is 0.65° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

New York has 5.4 times the population of Philadelphia. From July 2020 to July 2024, New York changed by -3.0% and Philadelphia by -1.7%. The trip crosses from New York into Pennsylvania.

  1. 01New York, NY8,478,072 (-3.0%)
  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 New York from Philadelphia?

77.4 miles, 124.6 km or 67.3 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Philadelphia from New York?

SW. The great-circle path leaves New York on a bearing of 234.7° and arrives at Philadelphia on 234.0°. The return trip starts on 54.0°.

What is halfway between New York and Philadelphia?

The midpoint is at 40.337586, -74.538892. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Hightstown, NJ, 4.8 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between New York and Philadelphia?

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

Which is bigger, New York or Philadelphia?

New York, with 8,478,072 residents in July 2024 against 1,573,916 for Philadelphia, 5.4 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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