New Jersey to Pennsylvania

Distance from Newark to Philadelphia

Straight-line distance

70.7mi

Newark, NJ and Philadelphia, PA are 70.7 miles (113.8 km) apart in a straight line. From Newark, the shortest path starts out heading SW (226°).

kilometers
113.8
nautical miles
61.4
heading from Newark
226° SW
heading from Philadelphia
45° NE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Newark is from Philadelphia

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Newark and Philadelphia is 70.7 miles, 113.8 km or 61.4 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 70.7 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
70.7
Kilometers
113.8
Nautical miles
61.4
Bearing from Newark
226.0° SW
Bearing arriving at Philadelphia
225.4°
Bearing from Philadelphia
45.4° NE

Halfway between Newark and Philadelphia

The great-circle midpoint is at 40.367794, -74.655497 (40°22'4.06"N 74°39'19.79"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Princeton, NJ, with 31,445 residents, 0.9 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, Newark gets 15 h 06 min of daylight and Philadelphia 15 h 01 min; on December 21, 9 h 15 min and 9 h 20 min. Newark is 0.71° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Philadelphia has 5.0 times the population of Newark. From July 2020 to July 2024, Newark changed by +2.1% and Philadelphia by -1.7%. The trip crosses from New Jersey into Pennsylvania.

  1. 01Newark, NJ317,303 (+2.1%)
  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 Newark from Philadelphia?

70.7 miles, 113.8 km or 61.4 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Philadelphia from Newark?

SW. The great-circle path leaves Newark on a bearing of 226.0° and arrives at Philadelphia on 225.4°. The return trip starts on 45.4°.

What is halfway between Newark and Philadelphia?

The midpoint is at 40.367794, -74.655497. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Princeton, NJ, 0.9 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Newark and Philadelphia?

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

Which is bigger, Newark or Philadelphia?

Philadelphia, with 1,573,916 residents in July 2024 against 317,303 for Newark, 5.0 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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