Oregon

Distance from Bend to Portland

Straight-line distance

121.6mi

Bend, OR and Portland, OR are 121.6 miles (195.7 km) apart in a straight line. From Bend, the shortest path starts out heading NNW (328°).

kilometers
195.7
nautical miles
105.7
heading from Bend
328° NNW
heading from Portland
147° SSE
BendPortland

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

How far Bend is from Portland

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Bend and Portland is 121.6 miles, 195.7 km or 105.7 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 121.6 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
121.6
Kilometers
195.7
Nautical miles
105.7
Bearing from Bend
327.7° NNW
Bearing arriving at Portland
326.8°
Bearing from Portland
146.8° SSE

Halfway between Bend and Portland

The great-circle midpoint is at 44.798814, -121.970392 (44°47'55.73"N 121°58'13.41"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Mill City, OR, with 2,128 residents, 25.0 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, Bend gets 15 h 30 min of daylight and Portland 15 h 41 min; on December 21, 8 h 53 min and 8 h 42 min. Portland is 1.48° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Portland has 5.9 times the population of Bend. From July 2020 to July 2024, Bend changed by +7.3% and Portland by -2.7%. Both are in Oregon.

  1. 01Bend, OR106,926 (+7.3%)
  2. 02Portland, OR635,749 (-2.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Bend from Portland?

121.6 miles, 195.7 km or 105.7 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Portland from Bend?

NNW. The great-circle path leaves Bend on a bearing of 327.7° and arrives at Portland on 326.8°. The return trip starts on 146.8°.

What is halfway between Bend and Portland?

The midpoint is at 44.798814, -121.970392. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Mill City, OR, 25.0 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Bend and Portland?

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

Which is bigger, Bend or Portland?

Portland, with 635,749 residents in July 2024 against 106,926 for Bend, 5.9 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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