New Jersey to New York

Distance from Paterson to Rochester

Straight-line distance

236.0mi

Paterson, NJ and Rochester, NY are 236.0 miles (379.7 km) apart in a straight line. From Paterson, the shortest path starts out heading NW (312°).

kilometers
379.7
nautical miles
205.0
heading from Paterson
312° NW
heading from Rochester
130° SE
PatersonRochester

Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Paterson is from Rochester

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Paterson and Rochester is 236.0 miles, 379.7 km or 205.0 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 236.0 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
236.0
Kilometers
379.7
Nautical miles
205.0
Bearing from Paterson
312.5° NW
Bearing arriving at Rochester
310.2°
Bearing from Rochester
130.2° SE

Halfway between Paterson and Rochester

The great-circle midpoint is at 42.055293, -75.859189 (42°03'19.06"N 75°51'33.08"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Binghamton, NY, with 46,773 residents, 4.1 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 Rochester 15 h 23 min; on December 21, 9 h 14 min and 8 h 59 min. Rochester is 2.26° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Rochester has 1.3 times the population of Paterson. From July 2020 to July 2024, Paterson changed by +0.7% and Rochester by -1.7%. The trip crosses from New Jersey into New York.

  1. 01Paterson, NJ160,463 (+0.7%)
  2. 02Rochester, NY207,282 (-1.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Paterson from Rochester?

236.0 miles, 379.7 km or 205.0 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Rochester from Paterson?

NW. The great-circle path leaves Paterson on a bearing of 312.5° and arrives at Rochester on 310.2°. The return trip starts on 130.2°.

What is halfway between Paterson and Rochester?

The midpoint is at 42.055293, -75.859189. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Binghamton, NY, 4.1 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Paterson and Rochester?

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

Which is bigger, Paterson or Rochester?

Rochester, with 207,282 residents in July 2024 against 160,463 for Paterson, 1.3 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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