Distance from New York City to Toronto
The great-circle distance between New York City, United States and Toronto, Canada is 555 km (345 mi · 300 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 555 km · 345 mi · 300 nmi
- Initial bearing New York City → Toronto
- 309° (NW)
- Initial bearing Toronto → New York City
- 125° (SE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 1 h 19 min
- Time zones
- New York City UTC-04:00 · Toronto UTC-04:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 21 min — the sun rises earlier in New York City
Flight time is a cruise-speed approximation (no routing/wind); driving distance depends on roads and is typically 20–40% longer than great-circle.
The two cities
- New York City
- 40.7143, -74.0060
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 10:45 UTC / 22:53 UTC
- Toronto
- 43.7064, -79.3986
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 11:07 UTC / 23:15 UTC
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Distances here are straight-line (great-circle). Road routes typically run 1.2–1.4× longer — here's why, with the visual.