Massachusetts to New Hampshire

Distance from Brockton to Manchester

Straight-line distance

65.9mi

Brockton, MA and Manchester, NH are 65.9 miles (106.1 km) apart in a straight line. From Brockton, the shortest path starts out heading NNW (341°).

kilometers
106.1
nautical miles
57.3
heading from Brockton
341° NNW
heading from Manchester
161° SSE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Brockton is from Manchester

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Brockton and Manchester is 65.9 miles, 106.1 km or 57.3 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 65.9 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
65.9
Kilometers
106.1
Nautical miles
57.3
Bearing from Brockton
341.2° NNW
Bearing arriving at Manchester
340.9°
Bearing from Manchester
160.9° SSE

Halfway between Brockton and Manchester

The great-circle midpoint is at 42.533891, -71.232835 (42°32'2.01"N 71°13'58.20"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Woburn, MA, with 43,895 residents, 5.1 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, Brockton gets 15 h 15 min of daylight and Manchester 15 h 22 min; on December 21, 9 h 06 min and 9 h 00 min. Manchester is 0.90° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Manchester has 1.1 times the population of Brockton. From July 2020 to July 2024, Brockton changed by +0.3% and Manchester by +0.8%. The trip crosses from Massachusetts into New Hampshire.

  1. 01Brockton, MA105,788 (+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 Brockton from Manchester?

65.9 miles, 106.1 km or 57.3 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Manchester from Brockton?

NNW. The great-circle path leaves Brockton on a bearing of 341.2° and arrives at Manchester on 340.9°. The return trip starts on 160.9°.

What is halfway between Brockton and Manchester?

The midpoint is at 42.533891, -71.232835. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Woburn, MA, 5.1 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Brockton and Manchester?

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

Which is bigger, Brockton or Manchester?

Manchester, with 116,386 residents in July 2024 against 105,788 for Brockton, 1.1 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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