Minnesota

Distance from Rochester to St. Paul

Straight-line distance

71.6mi

Rochester, MN and St. Paul, MN are 71.6 miles (115.2 km) apart in a straight line. From Rochester, the shortest path starts out heading NNW (335°).

kilometers
115.2
nautical miles
62.2
heading from Rochester
335° NNW
heading from St. Paul
154° SSE
RochesterSt. Paul

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

How far Rochester is from St. Paul

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Rochester and St. Paul is 71.6 miles, 115.2 km or 62.2 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 71.6 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
71.6
Kilometers
115.2
Nautical miles
62.2
Bearing from Rochester
334.7° NNW
Bearing arriving at St. Paul
334.3°
Bearing from St. Paul
154.3° SSE

Halfway between Rochester and St. Paul

The great-circle midpoint is at 44.482027, -92.788845 (44°28'55.30"N 92°47'19.84"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Cannon Falls, MN, with 4,201 residents, 5.5 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/Chicago, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Rochester gets 15 h 29 min of daylight and St. Paul 15 h 37 min; on December 21, 8 h 53 min and 8 h 46 min. St. Paul is 0.93° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

St. Paul has 2.5 times the population of Rochester. From July 2020 to July 2024, Rochester changed by +1.7% and St. Paul by -1.2%. Both are in Minnesota.

  1. 01Rochester, MN123,624 (+1.7%)
  2. 02St. Paul, MN307,465 (-1.2%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Rochester from St. Paul?

71.6 miles, 115.2 km or 62.2 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is St. Paul from Rochester?

NNW. The great-circle path leaves Rochester on a bearing of 334.7° and arrives at St. Paul on 334.3°. The return trip starts on 154.3°.

What is halfway between Rochester and St. Paul?

The midpoint is at 44.482027, -92.788845. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Cannon Falls, MN, 5.5 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Rochester and St. Paul?

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

Which is bigger, Rochester or St. Paul?

St. Paul, with 307,465 residents in July 2024 against 123,624 for Rochester, 2.5 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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