Distances Between Cities in United States: Complete Guide

215 routes across 43 cities — domestic & international

By SnapDistance Team · Updated April 7, 2026

43
Cities

134
Domestic Routes

81
International

44,089,717
Total Population

Quick Answer: United States Distances

United States has 43 major cities in our database. The shortest domestic route is Fort Lauderdale → Miami at just 40 km, while the longest is Boston → Los Angeles at 4,170 km. There are 81 international connections to 6 continents.

About United States: Geography & Size

United States is home to 43 major cities tracked by SnapDistance, with a combined urban population of over 44,089,717. The largest city is New York with approximately 8,336,817 residents, followed by Los Angeles (3,979,576).

United States is a geographically vast country — the maximum distance between major cities is 4,170 km, meaning cross-country travel almost always requires flying.

The average distance between cities in United States is 1,038 km. For comparison, the global average between major cities is roughly 3,000 km, making United States close to the global average.

Transport in United States

Given the vast distances in United States, domestic flights are the primary mode of intercity transport. For shorter routes under 500 km, driving or bus travel is common.

All distances on this page are straight-line (great-circle) measurements. Driving distances are typically 20–40% longer due to road routing. Flight times assume 800 km/h cruising speed plus 30 minutes for takeoff and landing.

Cities in United States

New York — pop. 8,336,817, Northeast
Los Angeles — pop. 3,979,576, West Coast
Chicago — pop. 2,693,976, Midwest
Houston — pop. 2,320,268, South
Phoenix — pop. 1,680,992, Southwest
Philadelphia — pop. 1,603,797, Northeast
San Antonio — pop. 1,547,253, South
San Diego — pop. 1,423,851, West Coast
Dallas — pop. 1,343,573, South
San Jose — pop. 1,013,240, West Coast
Austin — pop. 978,908, South
Jacksonville — pop. 949,611, South
Columbus — pop. 905,748, Midwest
Indianapolis — pop. 887,642, Midwest
Charlotte — pop. 874,579, South
San Francisco — pop. 873,965, West Coast
Seattle — pop. 737,015, Pacific Northwest
Denver — pop. 727,211, Mountain
Washington — pop. 689,545, Northeast
Nashville — pop. 689,447, South
Boston — pop. 675,647, Northeast
Portland — pop. 652,503, Pacific Northwest
Las Vegas — pop. 641,903, Southwest
Detroit — pop. 639,111, Midwest
Baltimore — pop. 585,708, Northeast
Milwaukee — pop. 577,222, Midwest
Sacramento — pop. 524,943, West Coast
Kansas City — pop. 508,090, Midwest
Atlanta — pop. 498,715, South
Miami — pop. 467,963, South
Raleigh — pop. 467,665, South
Minneapolis — pop. 429,954, Midwest
Tampa — pop. 384,959, South
New Orleans — pop. 383,997, South
Honolulu — pop. 350,964, Pacific
Cincinnati — pop. 309,317, Midwest
Orlando — pop. 307,573, South
Pittsburgh — pop. 302,971, Northeast
St. Louis — pop. 301,578, Midwest
Anchorage — pop. 291,247, Alaska
Salt Lake City — pop. 200,133, Mountain
Fort Lauderdale — pop. 182,760, South
Savannah — pop. 147,780, South

Domestic Routes in United States (134)

All city-to-city routes within United States, sorted by distance:

Fort Lauderdale → Miami — 40 km (✈ ~33 min)
Baltimore → Washington — 56 km (✈ ~34 min)
Austin → San Antonio — 118 km (✈ ~39 min)
Sacramento → San Francisco — 121 km (✈ ~39 min)
Tampa → Orlando — 124 km (✈ ~39 min)
Philadelphia → New York — 130 km (✈ ~40 min)
Milwaukee → Chicago — 131 km (✈ ~40 min)
Baltimore → Philadelphia — 144 km (✈ ~41 min)
San Diego → Los Angeles — 179 km (✈ ~43 min)
Philadelphia → Washington — 198 km (✈ ~45 min)
Jacksonville → Orlando — 201 km (✈ ~45 min)
Savannah → Jacksonville — 202 km (✈ ~45 min)
Raleigh → Charlotte — 209 km (✈ ~46 min)
Portland → Seattle — 234 km (✈ ~48 min)
Austin → Houston — 235 km (✈ ~48 min)
Columbus → Pittsburgh — 261 km (✈ ~50 min)
Columbus → Detroit — 264 km (✈ ~50 min)
Indianapolis → Chicago — 265 km (✈ ~50 min)
Baltimore → New York — 273 km (✈ ~50 min)
Austin → Dallas — 293 km (✈ ~52 min)
Fort Lauderdale → Orlando — 295 km (✈ ~52 min)
Houston → San Antonio — 304 km (✈ ~53 min)
New York → Boston — 306 km (✈ ~53 min)
New York → Washington — 328 km (✈ ~55 min)
Miami → Orlando — 330 km (✈ ~55 min)
Tampa → Miami — 331 km (✈ ~55 min)
Nashville → Atlanta — 346 km (✈ ~56 min)
Savannah → Atlanta — 359 km (✈ ~57 min)
Dallas → Houston — 362 km (✈ ~57 min)
Charlotte → Atlanta — 364 km (✈ ~57 min)
Los Angeles → Las Vegas — 368 km (✈ ~58 min)
Raleigh → Washington — 375 km (✈ ~58 min)
Detroit → Chicago — 381 km (✈ ~59 min)
St. Louis → Kansas City — 383 km (✈ ~59 min)
Indianapolis → Detroit — 386 km (✈ ~59 min)
Milwaukee → Detroit — 405 km (✈ ~1h)
Cincinnati → Chicago — 406 km (✈ ~1h)
Dallas → San Antonio — 406 km (✈ ~1h)
St. Louis → Nashville — 408 km (✈ ~1h 1min)
Phoenix → Las Vegas — 412 km (✈ ~1h 1min)
St. Louis → Chicago — 422 km (✈ ~1h 2min)
San Diego → Las Vegas — 426 km (✈ ~1h 2min)
Philadelphia → Boston — 436 km (✈ ~1h 3min)
Columbus → Chicago — 444 km (✈ ~1h 3min)
Jacksonville → Atlanta — 459 km (✈ ~1h 4min)
Milwaukee → Minneapolis — 480 km (✈ ~1h 6min)
San Diego → Phoenix — 481 km (✈ ~1h 6min)
Pittsburgh → New York — 507 km (✈ ~1h 8min)
New Orleans → Houston — 511 km (✈ ~1h 8min)
Jacksonville → Miami — 528 km (✈ ~1h 10min)
Charlotte → Washington — 530 km (✈ ~1h 10min)
Los Angeles → San Francisco — 559 km (✈ ~1h 12min)
Minneapolis → Chicago — 571 km (✈ ~1h 13min)
Raleigh → Atlanta — 572 km (✈ ~1h 13min)
Phoenix → Los Angeles — 574 km (✈ ~1h 13min)
Baltimore → Boston — 578 km (✈ ~1h 13min)
Sacramento → Los Angeles — 582 km (✈ ~1h 14min)
Salt Lake City → Las Vegas — 583 km (✈ ~1h 14min)
Salt Lake City → Denver — 596 km (✈ ~1h 15min)
Sacramento → Las Vegas — 622 km (✈ ~1h 17min)
Boston → Washington — 634 km (✈ ~1h 18min)
Nashville → Chicago — 640 km (✈ ~1h 18min)
Pittsburgh → Chicago — 659 km (✈ ~1h 19min)
Kansas City → Chicago — 664 km (✈ ~1h 20min)
Tampa → Atlanta — 671 km (✈ ~1h 20min)
Raleigh → New York — 681 km (✈ ~1h 21min)
New Orleans → Atlanta — 683 km (✈ ~1h 21min)
Indianapolis → Atlanta — 688 km (✈ ~1h 22min)
Miami → Savannah — 708 km (✈ ~1h 23min)
Dallas → New Orleans — 711 km (✈ ~1h 23min)
Kansas City → Dallas — 731 km (✈ ~1h 25min)
Columbus → New York — 766 km (✈ ~1h 27min)
Detroit → New York — 773 km (✈ ~1h 28min)
Charlotte → New York — 855 km (✈ ~1h 34min)
Portland → San Francisco — 861 km (✈ ~1h 35min)
Atlanta → Washington — 873 km (✈ ~1h 35min)
St. Louis → Dallas — 882 km (✈ ~1h 36min)
Kansas City → Denver — 897 km (✈ ~1h 37min)
Salt Lake City → Los Angeles — 933 km (✈ ~1h 40min)
Denver → Phoenix — 942 km (✈ ~1h 41min)
Fort Lauderdale → Atlanta — 942 km (✈ ~1h 41min)
Atlanta → Chicago — 948 km (✈ ~1h 41min)
Washington → Chicago — 955 km (✈ ~1h 42min)
Denver → Las Vegas — 974 km (✈ ~1h 43min)
Atlanta → Miami — 976 km (✈ ~1h 43min)
Sacramento → Seattle — 1,006 km (✈ ~1h 45min)
Indianapolis → New York — 1,036 km (✈ ~1h 48min)
Denver → Dallas — 1,066 km (✈ ~1h 50min)
Philadelphia → Chicago — 1,068 km (✈ ~1h 50min)
New Orleans → Miami — 1,077 km (✈ ~1h 51min)
San Francisco → Seattle — 1,093 km (✈ ~1h 52min)
Minneapolis → Denver — 1,124 km (✈ ~1h 54min)
New York → Chicago — 1,144 km (✈ ~1h 56min)
New York → Savannah — 1,149 km (✈ ~1h 56min)
Atlanta → Dallas — 1,158 km (✈ ~1h 57min)
New York → Atlanta — 1,200 km (✈ ~2h)
Portland → Las Vegas — 1,216 km (✈ ~2h 1min)
Nashville → New York — 1,221 km (✈ ~2h 2min)
Portland → Los Angeles — 1,329 km (✈ ~2h 10min)
Denver → Los Angeles — 1,336 km (✈ ~2h 10min)
Jacksonville → New York — 1,345 km (✈ ~2h 11min)
Boston → Chicago — 1,366 km (✈ ~2h 12min)
Las Vegas → Seattle — 1,403 km (✈ ~2h 15min)
St. Louis → New York — 1,403 km (✈ ~2h 15min)
Denver → Chicago — 1,478 km (✈ ~2h 21min)
Washington → Miami — 1,491 km (✈ ~2h 22min)
Houston → Chicago — 1,516 km (✈ ~2h 24min)
Seattle → Los Angeles — 1,545 km (✈ ~2h 26min)
Houston → Miami — 1,557 km (✈ ~2h 27min)
Tampa → New York — 1,615 km (✈ ~2h 31min)
Tampa → Chicago — 1,618 km (✈ ~2h 31min)
Minneapolis → New York — 1,636 km (✈ ~2h 33min)
Denver → Seattle — 1,641 km (✈ ~2h 33min)
Fort Lauderdale → New York — 1,718 km (✈ ~2h 39min)
New York → Miami — 1,758 km (✈ ~2h 42min)
Kansas City → New York — 1,760 km (✈ ~2h 42min)
Miami → Dallas — 1,787 km (✈ ~2h 44min)
Chicago → Miami — 1,917 km (✈ ~2h 54min)
Boston → Miami — 2,025 km (✈ ~3h 2min)
New York → Dallas — 2,206 km (✈ ~3h 15min)
Houston → Los Angeles — 2,206 km (✈ ~3h 15min)
Houston → New York — 2,281 km (✈ ~3h 21min)
Las Vegas → Chicago — 2,448 km (✈ ~3h 34min)
Chicago → Seattle — 2,789 km (✈ ~3h 59min)
Chicago → Los Angeles — 2,804 km (✈ ~4h)
Chicago → San Francisco — 2,985 km (✈ ~4h 14min)
Honolulu → San Francisco — 3,854 km (✈ ~5h 19min)
New York → Seattle — 3,866 km (✈ ~5h 20min)
New York → Los Angeles — 3,936 km (✈ ~5h 25min)
New York → Sacramento — 4,023 km (✈ ~5h 32min)
Boston → Portland — 4,076 km (✈ ~5h 36min)
Los Angeles → Honolulu — 4,120 km (✈ ~5h 39min)
New York → San Francisco — 4,129 km (✈ ~5h 40min)
Boston → Los Angeles — 4,170 km (✈ ~5h 43min)

International Routes from United States (81)

Routes connecting United States to the rest of the world:

To/From North America (45 routes)

Vancouver → Seattle — 195 km (✈ ~45 min)
Miami → Nassau — 296 km (✈ ~52 min)
Miami → Havana — 368 km (✈ ~58 min)
Montreal → Boston — 403 km (✈ ~1h)
Montreal → New York — 534 km (✈ ~1h 10min)
New York → Toronto — 550 km (✈ ~1h 11min)
Toronto → Washington — 563 km (✈ ~1h 12min)
Toronto → Boston — 692 km (✈ ~1h 22min)
Toronto → Chicago — 701 km (✈ ~1h 23min)
Miami → Montego Bay — 844 km (✈ ~1h 33min)
Miami → Cancun — 850 km (✈ ~1h 34min)
Miami → Kingston — 929 km (✈ ~1h 40min)
Mexico City → Houston — 1,210 km (✈ ~2h 1min)
Vancouver → San Francisco — 1,281 km (✈ ~2h 6min)
Cancun → Houston — 1,282 km (✈ ~2h 6min)
Guadalajara → Houston — 1,291 km (✈ ~2h 7min)
Miami → Santo Domingo — 1,330 km (✈ ~2h 10min)
Miami → Punta Cana — 1,456 km (✈ ~2h 19min)
Guadalajara → Dallas — 1,495 km (✈ ~2h 22min)
Cancun → Dallas — 1,623 km (✈ ~2h 32min)
San Juan → Miami — 1,661 km (✈ ~2h 35min)
Los Angeles → Vancouver — 1,740 km (✈ ~2h 41min)
New York → Nassau — 1,769 km (✈ ~2h 43min)
Atlanta → Montego Bay — 1,817 km (✈ ~2h 46min)
Miami → Aruba — 1,820 km (✈ ~2h 47min)
San Juan → Orlando — 1,915 km (✈ ~2h 54min)
Mexico City → Miami — 2,065 km (✈ ~3h 5min)
Guadalajara → Los Angeles — 2,088 km (✈ ~3h 7min)
Chicago → Cancun — 2,305 km (✈ ~3h 23min)
Atlanta → Punta Cana — 2,319 km (✈ ~3h 24min)
San Juan → Atlanta — 2,486 km (✈ ~3h 36min)
New York → Cancun — 2,489 km (✈ ~3h 37min)
Los Angeles → Mexico City — 2,490 km (✈ ~3h 37min)
New York → Montego Bay — 2,500 km (✈ ~3h 38min)
New York → Santo Domingo — 2,502 km (✈ ~3h 38min)
San Juan → Washington — 2,506 km (✈ ~3h 38min)
New York → Punta Cana — 2,521 km (✈ ~3h 39min)
New York → San Juan — 2,586 km (✈ ~3h 44min)
San Juan → Boston — 2,698 km (✈ ~3h 52min)
Mexico City → Chicago — 2,722 km (✈ ~3h 54min)
New York → Aruba — 3,159 km (✈ ~4h 27min)
Chicago → Punta Cana — 3,169 km (✈ ~4h 28min)
New York → Mexico City — 3,359 km (✈ ~4h 42min)
Los Angeles → Cancun — 3,391 km (✈ ~4h 44min)
Honolulu → Vancouver — 4,360 km (✈ ~5h 57min)

To/From South America (7 routes)

Cartagena → Miami — 1,778 km (✈ ~2h 43min)
Medellin → Miami — 2,225 km (✈ ~3h 17min)
Bogota → Miami — 2,430 km (✈ ~3h 32min)
Cali → Miami — 2,511 km (✈ ~3h 38min)
Cartagena → New York — 3,375 km (✈ ~4h 43min)
Medellin → New York — 3,835 km (✈ ~5h 18min)
New York → São Paulo — 7,686 km (✈ ~10h 6min)

To/From Europe (19 routes)

Reykjavik → Boston — 3,913 km (✈ ~5h 23min)
Reykjavik → New York — 4,203 km (✈ ~5h 45min)
New York → Dublin — 5,115 km (✈ ~6h 54min)
New York → Lisbon — 5,422 km (✈ ~7h 17min)
New York → London — 5,570 km (✈ ~7h 28min)
New York → Madrid — 5,768 km (✈ ~7h 43min)
New York → Paris — 5,837 km (✈ ~7h 48min)
New York → Amsterdam — 5,863 km (✈ ~7h 50min)
New York → Barcelona — 6,166 km (✈ ~8h 12min)
Chicago → London — 6,353 km (✈ ~8h 26min)
New York → Berlin — 6,385 km (✈ ~8h 29min)
Chicago → Paris — 6,651 km (✈ ~8h 49min)
New York → Rome — 6,890 km (✈ ~9h 7min)
Miami → London — 7,127 km (✈ ~9h 25min)
Miami → Paris — 7,357 km (✈ ~9h 42min)
New York → Istanbul — 8,070 km (✈ ~10h 35min)
San Francisco → London — 8,616 km (✈ ~11h 16min)
Los Angeles → London — 8,756 km (✈ ~11h 27min)
Los Angeles → Paris — 9,086 km (✈ ~11h 51min)

To/From Africa (1 routes)

Dakar → New York — 6,144 km (✈ ~8h 11min)

To/From Asia (6 routes)

Honolulu → Tokyo — 6,209 km (✈ ~8h 16min)
San Francisco → Tokyo — 8,275 km (✈ ~10h 51min)
Los Angeles → Tokyo — 8,819 km (✈ ~11h 31min)
New York → Tokyo — 10,852 km (✈ ~14h 4min)
Dubai → New York — 11,008 km (✈ ~14h 16min)
Mumbai → New York — 12,538 km (✈ ~16h 10min)

To/From Oceania (3 routes)

Honolulu → Sydney — 8,166 km (✈ ~10h 42min)
Wellington → Los Angeles — 10,812 km (✈ ~14h 1min)
Sydney → Los Angeles — 12,074 km (✈ ~15h 36min)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many cities in United States are covered?

We cover 43 cities in United States: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Phoenix, Philadelphia, San Antonio, San Diego, Dallas, San Jose, Austin, Jacksonville, Columbus, Indianapolis, Charlotte, San Francisco, Seattle, Denver, Washington, Nashville, Boston, Portland, Las Vegas, Detroit, Baltimore, Milwaukee, Sacramento, Kansas City, Atlanta, Miami, Raleigh, Minneapolis, Tampa, New Orleans, Honolulu, Cincinnati, Orlando, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Anchorage, Salt Lake City, Fort Lauderdale, Savannah.

What is the shortest domestic route in United States?

The shortest domestic route is Fort Lauderdale to Miami at 40 km.

What is the longest domestic distance in United States?

The longest domestic route is Boston to Los Angeles at 4,170 km.

How many international routes go from United States?

There are 81 international routes from United States to 6 continents.

What is the average distance between cities in United States?

The average domestic distance is approximately 1,038 km.

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📍 Data: Coordinates from OpenStreetMap contributors. Distances calculated using the Haversine formula. Travel times are estimates only. Last verified: April 7, 2026.