North Carolina to South Carolina

Distance from Charlotte to North Charleston

Straight-line distance

164.3mi

Charlotte, NC and North Charleston, SC are 164.3 miles (264.4 km) apart in a straight line. From Charlotte, the shortest path starts out heading SSE (164°).

kilometers
264.4
nautical miles
142.7
heading from Charlotte
164° SSE
heading from North Charleston
345° NNW
CharlotteNorth Charleston

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

How far Charlotte is from North Charleston

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Charlotte and North Charleston is 164.3 miles, 264.4 km or 142.7 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 164.3 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
164.3
Kilometers
264.4
Nautical miles
142.7
Bearing from Charlotte
164.3° SSE
Bearing arriving at North Charleston
164.7°
Bearing from North Charleston
344.7° NNW

Halfway between Charlotte and North Charleston

The great-circle midpoint is at 34.064044, -80.442822 (34°03'50.56"N 80°26'34.16"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Sumter, SC, with 42,958 residents, 8.9 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 North Charleston 14 h 20 min; on December 21, 9 h 47 min and 9 h 59 min. Charlotte is 2.29° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Charlotte has 7.5 times the population of North Charleston. From July 2020 to July 2024, Charlotte changed by +7.8% and North Charleston by +9.0%. The trip crosses from North Carolina into South Carolina.

  1. 01Charlotte, NC943,476 (+7.8%)
  2. 02North Charleston, SC126,005 (+9.0%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Charlotte from North Charleston?

164.3 miles, 264.4 km or 142.7 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is North Charleston from Charlotte?

SSE. The great-circle path leaves Charlotte on a bearing of 164.3° and arrives at North Charleston on 164.7°. The return trip starts on 344.7°.

What is halfway between Charlotte and North Charleston?

The midpoint is at 34.064044, -80.442822. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Sumter, SC, 8.9 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Charlotte and North Charleston?

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

Which is bigger, Charlotte or North Charleston?

Charlotte, with 943,476 residents in July 2024 against 126,005 for North Charleston, 7.5 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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