Massachusetts to Rhode Island

Distance from Brockton to Providence

Straight-line distance

27.0mi

Brockton, MA and Providence, RI are 27.0 miles (43.5 km) apart in a straight line. From Brockton, the shortest path starts out heading SW (229°).

kilometers
43.5
nautical miles
23.5
heading from Brockton
229° SW
heading from Providence
48° NE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Brockton is from Providence

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Brockton and Providence is 27.0 miles, 43.5 km or 23.5 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 27.0 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
27.0
Kilometers
43.5
Nautical miles
23.5
Bearing from Brockton
228.6° SW
Bearing arriving at Providence
228.4°
Bearing from Providence
48.4° NE

Halfway between Brockton and Providence

The great-circle midpoint is at 41.952969, -71.222101 (41°57'10.69"N 71°13'19.56"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Attleboro, MA, with 47,085 residents, 4.0 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/New_York, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Brockton gets 15 h 15 min of daylight and Providence 15 h 13 min; on December 21, 9 h 06 min and 9 h 08 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Providence has 1.8 times the population of Brockton. From July 2020 to July 2024, Brockton changed by +0.3% and Providence by +2.0%. The trip crosses from Massachusetts into Rhode Island.

  1. 01Brockton, MA105,788 (+0.3%)
  2. 02Providence, RI194,706 (+2.0%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Brockton from Providence?

27.0 miles, 43.5 km or 23.5 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Providence from Brockton?

SW. The great-circle path leaves Brockton on a bearing of 228.6° and arrives at Providence on 228.4°. The return trip starts on 48.4°.

What is halfway between Brockton and Providence?

The midpoint is at 41.952969, -71.222101. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Attleboro, MA, 4.0 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Brockton and Providence?

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

Which is bigger, Brockton or Providence?

Providence, with 194,706 residents in July 2024 against 105,788 for Brockton, 1.8 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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