North Carolina

Distance from Cary to Charlotte

Straight-line distance

119.7mi

Cary, NC and Charlotte, NC are 119.7 miles (192.6 km) apart in a straight line. From Cary, the shortest path starts out heading WSW (251°).

kilometers
192.6
nautical miles
104.0
heading from Cary
251° WSW
heading from Charlotte
70° ENE
CaryCharlotte

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

How far Cary is from Charlotte

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Cary and Charlotte is 119.7 miles, 192.6 km or 104.0 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 119.7 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
119.7
Kilometers
192.6
Nautical miles
104.0
Bearing from Cary
251.3° WSW
Bearing arriving at Charlotte
250.1°
Bearing from Charlotte
70.1° ENE

Halfway between Cary and Charlotte

The great-circle midpoint is at 35.499307, -79.830776 (35°29'57.51"N 79°49'50.79"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Troy, NC, with 2,978 residents, 9.9 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, Cary gets 14 h 35 min of daylight and Charlotte 14 h 32 min; on December 21, 9 h 44 min and 9 h 47 min. Cary is 0.57° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Charlotte has 5.2 times the population of Cary. From July 2020 to July 2024, Cary changed by +4.5% and Charlotte by +7.8%. Both are in North Carolina.

  1. 01Cary, NC182,659 (+4.5%)
  2. 02Charlotte, NC943,476 (+7.8%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Cary from Charlotte?

119.7 miles, 192.6 km or 104.0 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Charlotte from Cary?

WSW. The great-circle path leaves Cary on a bearing of 251.3° and arrives at Charlotte on 250.1°. The return trip starts on 70.1°.

What is halfway between Cary and Charlotte?

The midpoint is at 35.499307, -79.830776. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Troy, NC, 9.9 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Cary and Charlotte?

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

Which is bigger, Cary or Charlotte?

Charlotte, with 943,476 residents in July 2024 against 182,659 for Cary, 5.2 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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