New Jersey to Connecticut

Distance from Paterson to Waterbury

Straight-line distance

73.5mi

Paterson, NJ and Waterbury, CT are 73.5 miles (118.3 km) apart in a straight line. From Paterson, the shortest path starts out heading NE (52°).

kilometers
118.3
nautical miles
63.9
heading from Paterson
52° NE
heading from Waterbury
233° SW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Paterson is from Waterbury

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Paterson and Waterbury is 73.5 miles, 118.3 km or 63.9 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 73.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
73.5
Kilometers
118.3
Nautical miles
63.9
Bearing from Paterson
52.4° NE
Bearing arriving at Waterbury
53.1°
Bearing from Waterbury
233.1° SW

Halfway between Paterson and Waterbury

The great-circle midpoint is at 41.238021, -73.602523 (41°14'16.88"N 73°36'9.08"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Mount Kisco, NY, with 10,698 residents, 7.0 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, Paterson gets 15 h 07 min of daylight and Waterbury 15 h 12 min; on December 21, 9 h 14 min and 9 h 10 min. Waterbury is 0.64° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Paterson has 1.4 times the population of Waterbury. From July 2020 to July 2024, Paterson changed by +0.7% and Waterbury by +1.8%. The trip crosses from New Jersey into Connecticut.

  1. 01Paterson, NJ160,463 (+0.7%)
  2. 02Waterbury, CT115,908 (+1.8%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Paterson from Waterbury?

73.5 miles, 118.3 km or 63.9 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Waterbury from Paterson?

NE. The great-circle path leaves Paterson on a bearing of 52.4° and arrives at Waterbury on 53.1°. The return trip starts on 233.1°.

What is halfway between Paterson and Waterbury?

The midpoint is at 41.238021, -73.602523. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Mount Kisco, NY, 7.0 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Paterson and Waterbury?

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

Which is bigger, Paterson or Waterbury?

Paterson, with 160,463 residents in July 2024 against 115,908 for Waterbury, 1.4 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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