Virginia to North Carolina

Distance from Chesapeake to Durham

Straight-line distance

152.4mi

Chesapeake, VA and Durham, NC are 152.4 miles (245.3 km) apart in a straight line. From Chesapeake, the shortest path starts out heading WSW (252°).

kilometers
245.3
nautical miles
132.5
heading from Chesapeake
252° WSW
heading from Durham
71° ENE
ChesapeakeDurham

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

How far Chesapeake is from Durham

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Chesapeake and Durham is 152.4 miles, 245.3 km or 132.5 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 152.4 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
152.4
Kilometers
245.3
Nautical miles
132.5
Bearing from Chesapeake
252.2° WSW
Bearing arriving at Durham
250.7°
Bearing from Durham
70.7° ENE

Halfway between Chesapeake and Durham

The great-circle midpoint is at 36.335669, -77.605795 (36°20'8.41"N 77°36'20.86"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Weldon, NC, with 1,372 residents, 6.1 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, Chesapeake gets 14 h 40 min of daylight and Durham 14 h 36 min; on December 21, 9 h 39 min and 9 h 43 min. Chesapeake is 0.70° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Durham has 1.2 times the population of Chesapeake. From July 2020 to July 2024, Chesapeake changed by +2.1% and Durham by +7.2%. The trip crosses from Virginia into North Carolina.

  1. 01Chesapeake, VA254,997 (+2.1%)
  2. 02Durham, NC301,870 (+7.2%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Chesapeake from Durham?

152.4 miles, 245.3 km or 132.5 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Durham from Chesapeake?

WSW. The great-circle path leaves Chesapeake on a bearing of 252.2° and arrives at Durham on 250.7°. The return trip starts on 70.7°.

What is halfway between Chesapeake and Durham?

The midpoint is at 36.335669, -77.605795. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Weldon, NC, 6.1 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Chesapeake and Durham?

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

Which is bigger, Chesapeake or Durham?

Durham, with 301,870 residents in July 2024 against 254,997 for Chesapeake, 1.2 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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