North Carolina

Distance from Cary to Fayetteville

Straight-line distance

49.0mi

Cary, NC and Fayetteville, NC are 49.0 miles (78.9 km) apart in a straight line. From Cary, the shortest path starts out heading S (190°).

kilometers
78.9
nautical miles
42.6
heading from Cary
190° S
heading from Fayetteville
10° N
CaryFayetteville

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

How far Cary is from Fayetteville

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Cary and Fayetteville is 49.0 miles, 78.9 km or 42.6 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 49.0 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
49.0
Kilometers
78.9
Nautical miles
42.6
Bearing from Cary
190.0° S
Bearing arriving at Fayetteville
189.9°
Bearing from Fayetteville
9.9° N

Halfway between Cary and Fayetteville

The great-circle midpoint is at 35.432073, -78.898775 (35°25'55.46"N 78°53'55.59"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Lillington, NC, with 4,848 residents, 5.1 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 Fayetteville 14 h 31 min; on December 21, 9 h 44 min and 9 h 48 min. Cary is 0.70° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Fayetteville has 1.1 times the population of Cary. From July 2020 to July 2024, Cary changed by +4.5% and Fayetteville by -0.7%. Both are in North Carolina.

  1. 01Cary, NC182,659 (+4.5%)
  2. 02Fayetteville, NC209,496 (-0.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Cary from Fayetteville?

49.0 miles, 78.9 km or 42.6 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Fayetteville from Cary?

S. The great-circle path leaves Cary on a bearing of 190.0° and arrives at Fayetteville on 189.9°. The return trip starts on 9.9°.

What is halfway between Cary and Fayetteville?

The midpoint is at 35.432073, -78.898775. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Lillington, NC, 5.1 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Cary and Fayetteville?

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

Which is bigger, Cary or Fayetteville?

Fayetteville, with 209,496 residents in July 2024 against 182,659 for Cary, 1.1 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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