New York

Distance from Syracuse to Yonkers

Straight-line distance

186.0mi

Syracuse, NY and Yonkers, NY are 186.0 miles (299.4 km) apart in a straight line. From Syracuse, the shortest path starts out heading SE (140°).

kilometers
299.4
nautical miles
161.7
heading from Syracuse
140° SE
heading from Yonkers
322° NW
SyracuseYonkers

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

How far Syracuse is from Yonkers

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Syracuse and Yonkers is 186.0 miles, 299.4 km or 161.7 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 186.0 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
186.0
Kilometers
299.4
Nautical miles
161.7
Bearing from Syracuse
140.3° SE
Bearing arriving at Yonkers
141.8°
Bearing from Yonkers
321.8° NW

Halfway between Syracuse and Yonkers

The great-circle midpoint is at 41.999069, -74.986764 (41°59'56.65"N 74°59'12.35"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Walton, NY, with 2,844 residents, 13.9 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, Syracuse gets 15 h 22 min of daylight and Yonkers 15 h 07 min; on December 21, 9 h 00 min and 9 h 14 min. Syracuse is 2.10° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Yonkers has 1.4 times the population of Syracuse. From July 2020 to July 2024, Syracuse changed by -0.6% and Yonkers by +0.0%. Both are in New York.

  1. 01Syracuse, NY146,097 (-0.6%)
  2. 02Yonkers, NY211,040 (+0.0%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Syracuse from Yonkers?

186.0 miles, 299.4 km or 161.7 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Yonkers from Syracuse?

SE. The great-circle path leaves Syracuse on a bearing of 140.3° and arrives at Yonkers on 141.8°. The return trip starts on 321.8°.

What is halfway between Syracuse and Yonkers?

The midpoint is at 41.999069, -74.986764. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Walton, NY, 13.9 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Syracuse and Yonkers?

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

Which is bigger, Syracuse or Yonkers?

Yonkers, with 211,040 residents in July 2024 against 146,097 for Syracuse, 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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