Massachusetts

Distance from Cambridge to Quincy

Straight-line distance

9.7mi

Cambridge, MA and Quincy, MA are 9.7 miles (15.7 km) apart in a straight line. From Cambridge, the shortest path starts out heading SE (145°).

kilometers
15.7
nautical miles
8.5
heading from Cambridge
145° SE
heading from Quincy
325° NW
CambridgeQuincy

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

How far Cambridge is from Quincy

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Cambridge and Quincy is 9.7 miles, 15.7 km or 8.5 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 9.7 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
9.7
Kilometers
15.7
Nautical miles
8.5
Bearing from Cambridge
144.8° SE
Bearing arriving at Quincy
144.8°
Bearing from Quincy
324.8° NW

Halfway between Cambridge and Quincy

The great-circle midpoint is at 42.318513, -71.063800 (42°19'6.65"N 71°03'49.68"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Boston, MA, with 673,458 residents, 2.7 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 Quincy 15 h 16 min; on December 21, 9 h 04 min and 9 h 05 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Cambridge has 1.2 times the population of Quincy. From July 2020 to July 2024, Cambridge changed by +2.5% and Quincy by +1.9%. Both are in Massachusetts.

  1. 01Cambridge, MA121,186 (+2.5%)
  2. 02Quincy, MA103,434 (+1.9%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Cambridge from Quincy?

9.7 miles, 15.7 km or 8.5 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Quincy from Cambridge?

SE. The great-circle path leaves Cambridge on a bearing of 144.8° and arrives at Quincy on 144.8°. The return trip starts on 324.8°.

What is halfway between Cambridge and Quincy?

The midpoint is at 42.318513, -71.063800. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Boston, MA, 2.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Cambridge and Quincy?

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

Which is bigger, Cambridge or Quincy?

Cambridge, with 121,186 residents in July 2024 against 103,434 for Quincy, 1.2 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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