North Carolina

Distance from Cary to Concord

Straight-line distance

105.3mi

Cary, NC and Concord, NC are 105.3 miles (169.5 km) apart in a straight line. From Cary, the shortest path starts out heading WSW (256°).

kilometers
169.5
nautical miles
91.5
heading from Cary
256° WSW
heading from Concord
75° ENE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Cary is from Concord

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Cary and Concord is 105.3 miles, 169.5 km or 91.5 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 105.3 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
105.3
Kilometers
169.5
Nautical miles
91.5
Bearing from Cary
255.7° WSW
Bearing arriving at Concord
254.7°
Bearing from Concord
74.7° ENE

Halfway between Cary and Concord

The great-circle midpoint is at 35.590091, -79.731652 (35°35'24.33"N 79°43'53.95"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Asheboro, NC, with 27,928 residents, 9.7 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, Cary gets 14 h 35 min of daylight and Concord 14 h 33 min; on December 21, 9 h 44 min and 9 h 46 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Cary has 1.6 times the population of Concord. From July 2020 to July 2024, Cary changed by +4.5% and Concord by +7.1%. Both are in North Carolina.

  1. 01Cary, NC182,659 (+4.5%)
  2. 02Concord, NC112,395 (+7.1%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Cary from Concord?

105.3 miles, 169.5 km or 91.5 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Concord from Cary?

WSW. The great-circle path leaves Cary on a bearing of 255.7° and arrives at Concord on 254.7°. The return trip starts on 74.7°.

What is halfway between Cary and Concord?

The midpoint is at 35.590091, -79.731652. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Asheboro, NC, 9.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Cary and Concord?

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

Which is bigger, Cary or Concord?

Cary, with 182,659 residents in July 2024 against 112,395 for Concord, 1.6 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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