Massachusetts to New Hampshire

Distance from Cambridge to Manchester

Straight-line distance

45.2mi

Cambridge, MA and Manchester, NH are 45.2 miles (72.7 km) apart in a straight line. From Cambridge, the shortest path starts out heading NNW (339°).

kilometers
72.7
nautical miles
39.3
heading from Cambridge
339° NNW
heading from Manchester
158° SSE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Cambridge is from Manchester

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Cambridge and Manchester is 45.2 miles, 72.7 km or 39.3 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 45.2 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
45.2
Kilometers
72.7
Nautical miles
39.3
Bearing from Cambridge
338.7° NNW
Bearing arriving at Manchester
338.4°
Bearing from Manchester
158.4° SSE

Halfway between Cambridge and Manchester

The great-circle midpoint is at 42.680565, -71.280603 (42°40'50.03"N 71°16'50.17"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Lowell, MA, with 120,418 residents, 3.5 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, Cambridge gets 15 h 17 min of daylight and Manchester 15 h 22 min; on December 21, 9 h 04 min and 9 h 00 min. Manchester is 0.61° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Cambridge has 1.0 times the population of Manchester. From July 2020 to July 2024, Cambridge changed by +2.5% and Manchester by +0.8%. The trip crosses from Massachusetts into New Hampshire.

  1. 01Cambridge, MA121,186 (+2.5%)
  2. 02Manchester, NH116,386 (+0.8%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Cambridge from Manchester?

45.2 miles, 72.7 km or 39.3 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Manchester from Cambridge?

NNW. The great-circle path leaves Cambridge on a bearing of 338.7° and arrives at Manchester on 338.4°. The return trip starts on 158.4°.

What is halfway between Cambridge and Manchester?

The midpoint is at 42.680565, -71.280603. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Lowell, MA, 3.5 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Cambridge and Manchester?

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

Which is bigger, Cambridge or Manchester?

Cambridge, with 121,186 residents in July 2024 against 116,386 for Manchester, 1.0 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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