North Carolina

Distance from Charlotte to Greensboro

Straight-line distance

83.3mi

Charlotte, NC and Greensboro, NC are 83.3 miles (134.1 km) apart in a straight line. From Charlotte, the shortest path starts out heading NE (42°).

kilometers
134.1
nautical miles
72.4
heading from Charlotte
42° NE
heading from Greensboro
223° SW
CharlotteGreensboro

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

How far Charlotte is from Greensboro

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Charlotte and Greensboro is 83.3 miles, 134.1 km or 72.4 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 83.3 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
83.3
Kilometers
134.1
Nautical miles
72.4
Bearing from Charlotte
42.4° NE
Bearing arriving at Greensboro
43.0°
Bearing from Greensboro
223.0° SW

Halfway between Charlotte and Greensboro

The great-circle midpoint is at 35.652999, -80.330093 (35°39'10.79"N 80°19'48.34"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is East Spencer, NC, with 1,625 residents, 5.6 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 Greensboro 14 h 37 min; on December 21, 9 h 47 min and 9 h 42 min. Greensboro is 0.89° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Charlotte has 3.1 times the population of Greensboro. From July 2020 to July 2024, Charlotte changed by +7.8% and Greensboro by +3.9%. Both are in North Carolina.

  1. 01Charlotte, NC943,476 (+7.8%)
  2. 02Greensboro, NC307,381 (+3.9%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Charlotte from Greensboro?

83.3 miles, 134.1 km or 72.4 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Greensboro from Charlotte?

NE. The great-circle path leaves Charlotte on a bearing of 42.4° and arrives at Greensboro on 43.0°. The return trip starts on 223.0°.

What is halfway between Charlotte and Greensboro?

The midpoint is at 35.652999, -80.330093. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is East Spencer, NC, 5.6 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Charlotte and Greensboro?

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

Which is bigger, Charlotte or Greensboro?

Charlotte, with 943,476 residents in July 2024 against 307,381 for Greensboro, 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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