North Carolina

Distance from Concord to Winston-Salem

Straight-line distance

53.4mi

Concord, NC and Winston-Salem, NC are 53.4 miles (86.0 km) apart in a straight line. From Concord, the shortest path starts out heading NNE (23°).

kilometers
86.0
nautical miles
46.4
heading from Concord
23° NNE
heading from Winston-Salem
203° SSW
ConcordWinston-Salem

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

How far Concord is from Winston-Salem

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Concord and Winston-Salem is 53.4 miles, 86.0 km or 46.4 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 53.4 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
53.4
Kilometers
86.0
Nautical miles
46.4
Bearing from Concord
23.1° NNE
Bearing arriving at Winston-Salem
23.3°
Bearing from Winston-Salem
203.3° SSW

Halfway between Concord and Winston-Salem

The great-circle midpoint is at 35.747645, -80.448987 (35°44'51.52"N 80°26'56.35"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Spencer, NC, with 3,406 residents, 3.7 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 Winston-Salem 14 h 37 min; on December 21, 9 h 46 min and 9 h 42 min. Winston-Salem is 0.71° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Winston-Salem has 2.3 times the population of Concord. From July 2020 to July 2024, Concord changed by +7.1% and Winston-Salem by +2.6%. Both are in North Carolina.

  1. 01Concord, NC112,395 (+7.1%)
  2. 02Winston-Salem, NC255,769 (+2.6%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Concord from Winston-Salem?

53.4 miles, 86.0 km or 46.4 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Winston-Salem from Concord?

NNE. The great-circle path leaves Concord on a bearing of 23.1° and arrives at Winston-Salem on 23.3°. The return trip starts on 203.3°.

What is halfway between Concord and Winston-Salem?

The midpoint is at 35.747645, -80.448987. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Spencer, NC, 3.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Concord and Winston-Salem?

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

Which is bigger, Concord or Winston-Salem?

Winston-Salem, with 255,769 residents in July 2024 against 112,395 for Concord, 2.3 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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