North Carolina

Distance from Concord to Durham

Straight-line distance

105.6mi

Concord, NC and Durham, NC are 105.6 miles (169.9 km) apart in a straight line. From Concord, the shortest path starts out heading ENE (67°).

kilometers
169.9
nautical miles
91.7
heading from Concord
67° ENE
heading from Durham
248° WSW
ConcordDurham

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

How far Concord is from Durham

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Concord and Durham is 105.6 miles, 169.9 km or 91.7 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 105.6 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
105.6
Kilometers
169.9
Nautical miles
91.7
Bearing from Concord
67.0° ENE
Bearing arriving at Durham
68.0°
Bearing from Durham
248.0° WSW

Halfway between Concord and Durham

The great-circle midpoint is at 35.688120, -79.769990 (35°41'17.23"N 79°46'11.96"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Asheboro, NC, with 27,928 residents, 3.0 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, Concord gets 14 h 33 min of daylight and Durham 14 h 36 min; on December 21, 9 h 46 min and 9 h 43 min. Durham is 0.59° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Durham has 2.7 times the population of Concord. From July 2020 to July 2024, Concord changed by +7.1% and Durham by +7.2%. Both are in North Carolina.

  1. 01Concord, NC112,395 (+7.1%)
  2. 02Durham, NC301,870 (+7.2%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Concord from Durham?

105.6 miles, 169.9 km or 91.7 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Durham from Concord?

ENE. The great-circle path leaves Concord on a bearing of 67.0° and arrives at Durham on 68.0°. The return trip starts on 248.0°.

What is halfway between Concord and Durham?

The midpoint is at 35.688120, -79.769990. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Asheboro, NC, 3.0 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Concord and Durham?

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

Which is bigger, Concord or Durham?

Durham, with 301,870 residents in July 2024 against 112,395 for Concord, 2.7 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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