New York

Distance from New York to Yonkers

Straight-line distance

19.9mi

New York, NY and Yonkers, NY are 19.9 miles (32.1 km) apart in a straight line. From New York, the shortest path starts out heading N (11°).

kilometers
32.1
nautical miles
17.3
heading from New York
11° N
heading from Yonkers
191° S
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far New York is from Yonkers

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of New York and Yonkers is 19.9 miles, 32.1 km or 17.3 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 19.9 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
19.9
Kilometers
32.1
Nautical miles
17.3
Bearing from New York
10.8° N
Bearing arriving at Yonkers
10.8°
Bearing from Yonkers
190.8° S

Halfway between New York and Yonkers

The great-circle midpoint is at 40.804305, -73.903126 (40°48'15.50"N 73°54'11.25"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Edgewater, NJ, with 15,116 residents, 4.0 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 Yonkers 15 h 07 min; on December 21, 9 h 16 min and 9 h 14 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

New York has 40.2 times the population of Yonkers. From July 2020 to July 2024, New York changed by -3.0% and Yonkers by +0.0%. Both are in New York.

  1. 01New York, NY8,478,072 (-3.0%)
  2. 02Yonkers, NY211,040 (+0.0%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is New York from Yonkers?

19.9 miles, 32.1 km or 17.3 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Yonkers from New York?

N. The great-circle path leaves New York on a bearing of 10.8° and arrives at Yonkers on 10.8°. The return trip starts on 190.8°.

What is halfway between New York and Yonkers?

The midpoint is at 40.804305, -73.903126. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Edgewater, NJ, 4.0 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between New York and Yonkers?

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

Which is bigger, New York or Yonkers?

New York, with 8,478,072 residents in July 2024 against 211,040 for Yonkers, 40.2 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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