Massachusetts to New Hampshire

Distance from Boston to Manchester

Straight-line distance

49.6mi

Boston, MA and Manchester, NH are 49.6 miles (79.9 km) apart in a straight line. From Boston, the shortest path starts out heading NNW (334°).

kilometers
79.9
nautical miles
43.1
heading from Boston
334° NNW
heading from Manchester
154° SSE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Boston is from Manchester

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Boston and Manchester is 49.6 miles, 79.9 km or 43.1 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 49.6 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
49.6
Kilometers
79.9
Nautical miles
43.1
Bearing from Boston
334.3° NNW
Bearing arriving at Manchester
334.0°
Bearing from Manchester
154.0° SSE

Halfway between Boston and Manchester

The great-circle midpoint is at 42.661947, -71.230093 (42°39'43.01"N 71°13'48.34"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Lawrence, MA, with 89,332 residents, 4.4 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, Boston gets 15 h 17 min of daylight and Manchester 15 h 22 min; on December 21, 9 h 05 min and 9 h 00 min. Manchester is 0.65° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Boston has 5.8 times the population of Manchester. From July 2020 to July 2024, Boston changed by -0.3% and Manchester by +0.8%. The trip crosses from Massachusetts into New Hampshire.

  1. 01Boston, MA673,458 (-0.3%)
  2. 02Manchester, NH116,386 (+0.8%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Boston from Manchester?

49.6 miles, 79.9 km or 43.1 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Manchester from Boston?

NNW. The great-circle path leaves Boston on a bearing of 334.3° and arrives at Manchester on 334.0°. The return trip starts on 154.0°.

What is halfway between Boston and Manchester?

The midpoint is at 42.661947, -71.230093. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Lawrence, MA, 4.4 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Boston and Manchester?

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

Which is bigger, Boston or Manchester?

Boston, with 673,458 residents in July 2024 against 116,386 for Manchester, 5.8 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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