Massachusetts

Distance from Boston to New Bedford

Straight-line distance

47.0mi

Boston, MA and New Bedford, MA are 47.0 miles (75.6 km) apart in a straight line. From Boston, the shortest path starts out heading S (175°).

kilometers
75.6
nautical miles
40.8
heading from Boston
175° S
heading from New Bedford
355° N
BostonNew Bedford

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

How far Boston is from New Bedford

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Boston and New Bedford is 47.0 miles, 75.6 km or 40.8 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 47.0 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
47.0
Kilometers
75.6
Nautical miles
40.8
Bearing from Boston
174.9° S
Bearing arriving at New Bedford
175.0°
Bearing from New Bedford
355.0° N

Halfway between Boston and New Bedford

The great-circle midpoint is at 41.999957, -70.977886 (41°59'59.85"N 70°58'40.39"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Bridgewater Town, MA, with 29,167 residents, 1.9 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 New Bedford 15 h 12 min; on December 21, 9 h 05 min and 9 h 09 min. Boston is 0.68° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Boston has 6.6 times the population of New Bedford. From July 2020 to July 2024, Boston changed by -0.3% and New Bedford by +0.4%. Both are in Massachusetts.

  1. 01Boston, MA673,458 (-0.3%)
  2. 02New Bedford, MA101,318 (+0.4%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Boston from New Bedford?

47.0 miles, 75.6 km or 40.8 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is New Bedford from Boston?

S. The great-circle path leaves Boston on a bearing of 174.9° and arrives at New Bedford on 175.0°. The return trip starts on 355.0°.

What is halfway between Boston and New Bedford?

The midpoint is at 41.999957, -70.977886. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Bridgewater Town, MA, 1.9 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Boston and New Bedford?

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

Which is bigger, Boston or New Bedford?

Boston, with 673,458 residents in July 2024 against 101,318 for New Bedford, 6.6 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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