Washington

Distance from Bellevue to Vancouver

Straight-line distance

137.1mi

Bellevue, WA and Vancouver, WA are 137.1 miles (220.6 km) apart in a straight line. From Bellevue, the shortest path starts out heading S (189°).

kilometers
220.6
nautical miles
119.1
heading from Bellevue
189° S
heading from Vancouver
9° N
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Bellevue is from Vancouver

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Bellevue and Vancouver is 137.1 miles, 220.6 km or 119.1 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 137.1 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
137.1
Kilometers
220.6
Nautical miles
119.1
Bearing from Bellevue
188.9° S
Bearing arriving at Vancouver
188.6°
Bearing from Vancouver
8.6° N

Halfway between Bellevue and Vancouver

The great-circle midpoint is at 46.617711, -122.380534 (46°37'3.76"N 122°22'49.92"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Morton, WA, with 1,089 residents, 6.3 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/Los_Angeles, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Bellevue gets 15 h 59 min of daylight and Vancouver 15 h 42 min; on December 21, 8 h 26 min and 8 h 41 min. Bellevue is 1.96° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Vancouver has 1.3 times the population of Bellevue. From July 2020 to July 2024, Bellevue changed by +1.7% and Vancouver by +4.0%. Both are in Washington.

  1. 01Bellevue, WA154,377 (+1.7%)
  2. 02Vancouver, WA198,992 (+4.0%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Bellevue from Vancouver?

137.1 miles, 220.6 km or 119.1 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Vancouver from Bellevue?

S. The great-circle path leaves Bellevue on a bearing of 188.9° and arrives at Vancouver on 188.6°. The return trip starts on 8.6°.

What is halfway between Bellevue and Vancouver?

The midpoint is at 46.617711, -122.380534. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Morton, WA, 6.3 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Bellevue and Vancouver?

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

Which is bigger, Bellevue or Vancouver?

Vancouver, with 198,992 residents in July 2024 against 154,377 for Bellevue, 1.3 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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