North Carolina

Distance from Charlotte to Durham

Straight-line distance

120.9mi

Charlotte, NC and Durham, NC are 120.9 miles (194.6 km) apart in a straight line. From Charlotte, the shortest path starts out heading ENE (63°).

kilometers
194.6
nautical miles
105.1
heading from Charlotte
63° ENE
heading from Durham
244° WSW
CharlotteDurham

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

How far Charlotte is from Durham

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Charlotte and Durham is 120.9 miles, 194.6 km or 105.1 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 120.9 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
120.9
Kilometers
194.6
Nautical miles
105.1
Bearing from Charlotte
63.4° ENE
Bearing arriving at Durham
64.5°
Bearing from Durham
244.5° WSW

Halfway between Charlotte and Durham

The great-circle midpoint is at 35.597308, -79.869192 (35°35'50.31"N 79°52'9.09"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Asheboro, NC, with 27,928 residents, 8.6 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 Durham 14 h 36 min; on December 21, 9 h 47 min and 9 h 43 min. Durham is 0.77° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Charlotte has 3.1 times the population of Durham. From July 2020 to July 2024, Charlotte changed by +7.8% and Durham by +7.2%. Both are in North Carolina.

  1. 01Charlotte, NC943,476 (+7.8%)
  2. 02Durham, NC301,870 (+7.2%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Charlotte from Durham?

120.9 miles, 194.6 km or 105.1 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Durham from Charlotte?

ENE. The great-circle path leaves Charlotte on a bearing of 63.4° and arrives at Durham on 64.5°. The return trip starts on 244.5°.

What is halfway between Charlotte and Durham?

The midpoint is at 35.597308, -79.869192. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Asheboro, NC, 8.6 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Charlotte and Durham?

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

Which is bigger, Charlotte or Durham?

Charlotte, with 943,476 residents in July 2024 against 301,870 for Durham, 3.1 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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