Virginia

Distance from Chesapeake to Hampton

Straight-line distance

25.5mi

Chesapeake, VA and Hampton, VA are 25.5 miles (41.0 km) apart in a straight line. From Chesapeake, the shortest path starts out heading N (1°).

kilometers
41.0
nautical miles
22.1
heading from Chesapeake
1° N
heading from Hampton
181° S
ChesapeakeHampton

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

How far Chesapeake is from Hampton

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Chesapeake and Hampton is 25.5 miles, 41.0 km or 22.1 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 25.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
25.5
Kilometers
41.0
Nautical miles
22.1
Bearing from Chesapeake
0.6° N
Bearing arriving at Hampton
0.6°
Bearing from Hampton
180.6° S

Halfway between Chesapeake and Hampton

The great-circle midpoint is at 36.863700, -76.299555 (36°51'49.32"N 76°17'58.40"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Portsmouth, VA, with 96,482 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, Chesapeake gets 14 h 40 min of daylight and Hampton 14 h 43 min; on December 21, 9 h 39 min and 9 h 37 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Chesapeake has 1.9 times the population of Hampton. From July 2020 to July 2024, Chesapeake changed by +2.1% and Hampton by +0.2%. Both are in Virginia.

  1. 01Chesapeake, VA254,997 (+2.1%)
  2. 02Hampton, VA137,596 (+0.2%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Chesapeake from Hampton?

25.5 miles, 41.0 km or 22.1 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Hampton from Chesapeake?

N. The great-circle path leaves Chesapeake on a bearing of 0.6° and arrives at Hampton on 0.6°. The return trip starts on 180.6°.

What is halfway between Chesapeake and Hampton?

The midpoint is at 36.863700, -76.299555. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Portsmouth, VA, 3.2 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Chesapeake and Hampton?

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

Which is bigger, Chesapeake or Hampton?

Chesapeake, with 254,997 residents in July 2024 against 137,596 for Hampton, 1.9 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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