South Carolina to North Carolina

Distance from Columbia to Concord

Straight-line distance

94.6mi

Columbia, SC and Concord, NC are 94.6 miles (152.3 km) apart in a straight line. From Columbia, the shortest path starts out heading N (9°).

kilometers
152.3
nautical miles
82.2
heading from Columbia
9° N
heading from Concord
189° S
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Columbia is from Concord

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Columbia and Concord is 94.6 miles, 152.3 km or 82.2 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 94.6 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
94.6
Kilometers
152.3
Nautical miles
82.2
Bearing from Columbia
9.3° N
Bearing arriving at Concord
9.4°
Bearing from Concord
189.4° S

Halfway between Columbia and Concord

The great-circle midpoint is at 34.716375, -80.771906 (34°42'58.95"N 80°46'18.86"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Lancaster, SC, with 9,396 residents, 0.9 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, Columbia gets 14 h 26 min of daylight and Concord 14 h 33 min; on December 21, 9 h 53 min and 9 h 46 min. Concord is 1.35° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Columbia has 1.3 times the population of Concord. From July 2020 to July 2024, Columbia changed by +6.3% and Concord by +7.1%. The trip crosses from South Carolina into North Carolina.

  1. 01Columbia, SC144,788 (+6.3%)
  2. 02Concord, NC112,395 (+7.1%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Columbia from Concord?

94.6 miles, 152.3 km or 82.2 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Concord from Columbia?

N. The great-circle path leaves Columbia on a bearing of 9.3° and arrives at Concord on 9.4°. The return trip starts on 189.4°.

What is halfway between Columbia and Concord?

The midpoint is at 34.716375, -80.771906. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Lancaster, SC, 0.9 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Columbia and Concord?

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

Which is bigger, Columbia or Concord?

Columbia, with 144,788 residents in July 2024 against 112,395 for Concord, 1.3 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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