North Carolina to South Carolina

Distance from Concord to North Charleston

Straight-line distance

174.0mi

Concord, NC and North Charleston, SC are 174.0 miles (280.1 km) apart in a straight line. From Concord, the shortest path starts out heading S (169°).

kilometers
280.1
nautical miles
151.2
heading from Concord
169° S
heading from North Charleston
349° N
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Concord is from North Charleston

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Concord and North Charleston is 174.0 miles, 280.1 km or 151.2 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 174.0 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
174.0
Kilometers
280.1
Nautical miles
151.2
Bearing from Concord
169.0° S
Bearing arriving at North Charleston
169.4°
Bearing from North Charleston
349.4° N

Halfway between Concord and North Charleston

The great-circle midpoint is at 34.155330, -80.346071 (34°09'19.19"N 80°20'45.85"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Bishopville, SC, with 2,880 residents, 7.2 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, Concord gets 14 h 33 min of daylight and North Charleston 14 h 20 min; on December 21, 9 h 46 min and 9 h 59 min. Concord is 2.47° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

North Charleston has 1.1 times the population of Concord. From July 2020 to July 2024, Concord changed by +7.1% and North Charleston by +9.0%. The trip crosses from North Carolina into South Carolina.

  1. 01Concord, NC112,395 (+7.1%)
  2. 02North Charleston, SC126,005 (+9.0%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Concord from North Charleston?

174.0 miles, 280.1 km or 151.2 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is North Charleston from Concord?

S. The great-circle path leaves Concord on a bearing of 169.0° and arrives at North Charleston on 169.4°. The return trip starts on 349.4°.

What is halfway between Concord and North Charleston?

The midpoint is at 34.155330, -80.346071. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Bishopville, SC, 7.2 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Concord and North Charleston?

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

Which is bigger, Concord or North Charleston?

North Charleston, with 126,005 residents in July 2024 against 112,395 for Concord, 1.1 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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