New Jersey to New York

Distance from Newark to Syracuse

Straight-line distance

189.5mi

Newark, NJ and Syracuse, NY are 189.5 miles (304.9 km) apart in a straight line. From Newark, the shortest path starts out heading NNW (328°).

kilometers
304.9
nautical miles
164.6
heading from Newark
328° NNW
heading from Syracuse
147° SSE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Newark is from Syracuse

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Newark and Syracuse is 189.5 miles, 304.9 km or 164.6 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 189.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
189.5
Kilometers
304.9
Nautical miles
164.6
Bearing from Newark
328.3° NNW
Bearing arriving at Syracuse
327.0°
Bearing from Syracuse
147.0° SSE

Halfway between Newark and Syracuse

The great-circle midpoint is at 41.886811, -75.140229 (41°53'12.52"N 75°08'24.83"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Deposit, NY, with 1,413 residents, 19.0 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, Newark gets 15 h 06 min of daylight and Syracuse 15 h 22 min; on December 21, 9 h 15 min and 9 h 00 min. Syracuse is 2.32° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Newark has 2.2 times the population of Syracuse. From July 2020 to July 2024, Newark changed by +2.1% and Syracuse by -0.6%. The trip crosses from New Jersey into New York.

  1. 01Newark, NJ317,303 (+2.1%)
  2. 02Syracuse, NY146,097 (-0.6%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Newark from Syracuse?

189.5 miles, 304.9 km or 164.6 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Syracuse from Newark?

NNW. The great-circle path leaves Newark on a bearing of 328.3° and arrives at Syracuse on 327.0°. The return trip starts on 147.0°.

What is halfway between Newark and Syracuse?

The midpoint is at 41.886811, -75.140229. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Deposit, NY, 19.0 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Newark and Syracuse?

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

Which is bigger, Newark or Syracuse?

Newark, with 317,303 residents in July 2024 against 146,097 for Syracuse, 2.2 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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