North Carolina

Distance from Cary to Greensboro

Straight-line distance

60.0mi

Cary, NC and Greensboro, NC are 60.0 miles (96.6 km) apart in a straight line. From Cary, the shortest path starts out heading WNW (291°).

kilometers
96.6
nautical miles
52.1
heading from Cary
291° WNW
heading from Greensboro
111° ESE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Cary is from Greensboro

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Cary and Greensboro is 60.0 miles, 96.6 km or 52.1 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 60.0 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
60.0
Kilometers
96.6
Nautical miles
52.1
Bearing from Cary
291.5° WNW
Bearing arriving at Greensboro
290.9°
Bearing from Greensboro
110.9° ESE

Halfway between Cary and Greensboro

The great-circle midpoint is at 35.939137, -79.322508 (35°56'20.89"N 79°19'21.03"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Swepsonville, NC, with 2,582 residents, 6.5 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, Cary gets 14 h 35 min of daylight and Greensboro 14 h 37 min; on December 21, 9 h 44 min and 9 h 42 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Greensboro has 1.7 times the population of Cary. From July 2020 to July 2024, Cary changed by +4.5% and Greensboro by +3.9%. Both are in North Carolina.

  1. 01Cary, NC182,659 (+4.5%)
  2. 02Greensboro, NC307,381 (+3.9%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Cary from Greensboro?

60.0 miles, 96.6 km or 52.1 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Greensboro from Cary?

WNW. The great-circle path leaves Cary on a bearing of 291.5° and arrives at Greensboro on 290.9°. The return trip starts on 110.9°.

What is halfway between Cary and Greensboro?

The midpoint is at 35.939137, -79.322508. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Swepsonville, NC, 6.5 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Cary and Greensboro?

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

Which is bigger, Cary or Greensboro?

Greensboro, with 307,381 residents in July 2024 against 182,659 for Cary, 1.7 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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