New Jersey to Pennsylvania

Distance from Paterson to Philadelphia

Straight-line distance

80.7mi

Paterson, NJ and Philadelphia, PA are 80.7 miles (129.9 km) apart in a straight line. From Paterson, the shortest path starts out heading SW (220°).

kilometers
129.9
nautical miles
70.1
heading from Paterson
220° SW
heading from Philadelphia
39° NE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Paterson is from Philadelphia

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Paterson and Philadelphia is 80.7 miles, 129.9 km or 70.1 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 80.7 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
80.7
Kilometers
129.9
Nautical miles
70.1
Bearing from Paterson
219.5° SW
Bearing arriving at Philadelphia
218.9°
Bearing from Philadelphia
38.9° NE

Halfway between Paterson and Philadelphia

The great-circle midpoint is at 40.463115, -74.651320 (40°27'47.21"N 74°39'4.75"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Manville, NJ, with 11,031 residents, 6.3 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, Paterson gets 15 h 07 min of daylight and Philadelphia 15 h 01 min; on December 21, 9 h 14 min and 9 h 20 min. Paterson is 0.91° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Philadelphia has 9.8 times the population of Paterson. From July 2020 to July 2024, Paterson changed by +0.7% and Philadelphia by -1.7%. The trip crosses from New Jersey into Pennsylvania.

  1. 01Paterson, NJ160,463 (+0.7%)
  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 Paterson from Philadelphia?

80.7 miles, 129.9 km or 70.1 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Philadelphia from Paterson?

SW. The great-circle path leaves Paterson on a bearing of 219.5° and arrives at Philadelphia on 218.9°. The return trip starts on 38.9°.

What is halfway between Paterson and Philadelphia?

The midpoint is at 40.463115, -74.651320. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Manville, NJ, 6.3 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Paterson and Philadelphia?

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

Which is bigger, Paterson or Philadelphia?

Philadelphia, with 1,573,916 residents in July 2024 against 160,463 for Paterson, 9.8 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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