North Carolina to South Carolina

Distance from Charlotte to Columbia

Straight-line distance

80.8mi

Charlotte, NC and Columbia, SC are 80.8 miles (130.1 km) apart in a straight line. From Charlotte, the shortest path starts out heading S (183°).

kilometers
130.1
nautical miles
70.3
heading from Charlotte
183° S
heading from Columbia
3° N
CharlotteColumbia

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

How far Charlotte is from Columbia

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Charlotte and Columbia is 80.8 miles, 130.1 km or 70.3 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 80.8 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
80.8
Kilometers
130.1
Nautical miles
70.3
Bearing from Charlotte
183.0° S
Bearing arriving at Columbia
183.0°
Bearing from Columbia
3.0° N

Halfway between Charlotte and Columbia

The great-circle midpoint is at 34.624756, -80.868814 (34°37'29.12"N 80°52'7.73"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Great Falls, SC, with 1,926 residents, 4.2 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, Charlotte gets 14 h 32 min of daylight and Columbia 14 h 26 min; on December 21, 9 h 47 min and 9 h 53 min. Charlotte is 1.17° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Charlotte has 6.5 times the population of Columbia. From July 2020 to July 2024, Charlotte changed by +7.8% and Columbia by +6.3%. The trip crosses from North Carolina into South Carolina.

  1. 01Charlotte, NC943,476 (+7.8%)
  2. 02Columbia, SC144,788 (+6.3%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Charlotte from Columbia?

80.8 miles, 130.1 km or 70.3 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Columbia from Charlotte?

S. The great-circle path leaves Charlotte on a bearing of 183.0° and arrives at Columbia on 183.0°. The return trip starts on 3.0°.

What is halfway between Charlotte and Columbia?

The midpoint is at 34.624756, -80.868814. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Great Falls, SC, 4.2 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Charlotte and Columbia?

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

Which is bigger, Charlotte or Columbia?

Charlotte, with 943,476 residents in July 2024 against 144,788 for Columbia, 6.5 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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