Pennsylvania to New York

Distance from Philadelphia to Yonkers

Straight-line distance

92.8mi

Philadelphia, PA and Yonkers, NY are 92.8 miles (149.4 km) apart in a straight line. From Philadelphia, the shortest path starts out heading NE (45°).

kilometers
149.4
nautical miles
80.6
heading from Philadelphia
45° NE
heading from Yonkers
226° SW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Philadelphia is from Yonkers

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Philadelphia and Yonkers is 92.8 miles, 149.4 km or 80.6 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 92.8 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
92.8
Kilometers
149.4
Nautical miles
80.6
Bearing from Philadelphia
45.4° NE
Bearing arriving at Yonkers
46.2°
Bearing from Yonkers
226.2° SW

Halfway between Philadelphia and Yonkers

The great-circle midpoint is at 40.479376, -74.504765 (40°28'45.75"N 74°30'17.15"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is New Brunswick, NJ, with 57,487 residents, 3.2 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, Philadelphia gets 15 h 01 min of daylight and Yonkers 15 h 07 min; on December 21, 9 h 20 min and 9 h 14 min. Yonkers is 0.94° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Philadelphia has 7.5 times the population of Yonkers. From July 2020 to July 2024, Philadelphia changed by -1.7% and Yonkers by +0.0%. The trip crosses from Pennsylvania into New York.

  1. 01Philadelphia, PA1,573,916 (-1.7%)
  2. 02Yonkers, NY211,040 (+0.0%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Philadelphia from Yonkers?

92.8 miles, 149.4 km or 80.6 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Yonkers from Philadelphia?

NE. The great-circle path leaves Philadelphia on a bearing of 45.4° and arrives at Yonkers on 46.2°. The return trip starts on 226.2°.

What is halfway between Philadelphia and Yonkers?

The midpoint is at 40.479376, -74.504765. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is New Brunswick, NJ, 3.2 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Philadelphia and Yonkers?

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

Which is bigger, Philadelphia or Yonkers?

Philadelphia, with 1,573,916 residents in July 2024 against 211,040 for Yonkers, 7.5 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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