North Carolina

Distance from Cary to Winston-Salem

Straight-line distance

83.4mi

Cary, NC and Winston-Salem, NC are 83.4 miles (134.3 km) apart in a straight line. From Cary, the shortest path starts out heading WNW (286°).

kilometers
134.3
nautical miles
72.5
heading from Cary
286° WNW
heading from Winston-Salem
105° ESE
CaryWinston-Salem

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

How far Cary is from Winston-Salem

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Cary and Winston-Salem is 83.4 miles, 134.3 km or 72.5 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 83.4 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
83.4
Kilometers
134.3
Nautical miles
72.5
Bearing from Cary
285.9° WNW
Bearing arriving at Winston-Salem
285.0°
Bearing from Winston-Salem
105.0° ESE

Halfway between Cary and Winston-Salem

The great-circle midpoint is at 35.944242, -79.540638 (35°56'39.27"N 79°32'26.30"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Liberty, NC, with 2,715 residents, 6.4 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 Winston-Salem 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

Winston-Salem has 1.4 times the population of Cary. From July 2020 to July 2024, Cary changed by +4.5% and Winston-Salem by +2.6%. Both are in North Carolina.

  1. 01Cary, NC182,659 (+4.5%)
  2. 02Winston-Salem, NC255,769 (+2.6%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Cary from Winston-Salem?

83.4 miles, 134.3 km or 72.5 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Winston-Salem from Cary?

WNW. The great-circle path leaves Cary on a bearing of 285.9° and arrives at Winston-Salem on 285.0°. The return trip starts on 105.0°.

What is halfway between Cary and Winston-Salem?

The midpoint is at 35.944242, -79.540638. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Liberty, NC, 6.4 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Cary and Winston-Salem?

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

Which is bigger, Cary or Winston-Salem?

Winston-Salem, with 255,769 residents in July 2024 against 182,659 for Cary, 1.4 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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