North Carolina

Distance from Charlotte to Winston-Salem

Straight-line distance

69.6mi

Charlotte, NC and Winston-Salem, NC are 69.6 miles (112.0 km) apart in a straight line. From Charlotte, the shortest path starts out heading NNE (27°).

kilometers
112.0
nautical miles
60.4
heading from Charlotte
27° NNE
heading from Winston-Salem
208° SSW
CharlotteWinston-Salem

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

How far Charlotte is from Winston-Salem

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Charlotte and Winston-Salem is 69.6 miles, 112.0 km or 60.4 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 69.6 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
69.6
Kilometers
112.0
Nautical miles
60.4
Bearing from Charlotte
27.2° NNE
Bearing arriving at Winston-Salem
27.6°
Bearing from Winston-Salem
207.6° SSW

Halfway between Charlotte and Winston-Salem

The great-circle midpoint is at 35.656286, -80.547496 (35°39'22.63"N 80°32'50.98"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Salisbury, NC, with 36,579 residents, 3.2 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 Winston-Salem 14 h 37 min; on December 21, 9 h 47 min and 9 h 42 min. Winston-Salem is 0.89° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Charlotte has 3.7 times the population of Winston-Salem. From July 2020 to July 2024, Charlotte changed by +7.8% and Winston-Salem by +2.6%. Both are in North Carolina.

  1. 01Charlotte, NC943,476 (+7.8%)
  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 Charlotte from Winston-Salem?

69.6 miles, 112.0 km or 60.4 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Winston-Salem from Charlotte?

NNE. The great-circle path leaves Charlotte on a bearing of 27.2° and arrives at Winston-Salem on 27.6°. The return trip starts on 207.6°.

What is halfway between Charlotte and Winston-Salem?

The midpoint is at 35.656286, -80.547496. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Salisbury, NC, 3.2 miles from it.

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

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

Which is bigger, Charlotte or Winston-Salem?

Charlotte, with 943,476 residents in July 2024 against 255,769 for Winston-Salem, 3.7 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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