North Carolina

Distance from Durham to Wilmington

Straight-line distance

134.9mi

Durham, NC and Wilmington, NC are 134.9 miles (217.2 km) apart in a straight line. From Durham, the shortest path starts out heading SSE (155°).

kilometers
217.2
nautical miles
117.3
heading from Durham
155° SSE
heading from Wilmington
335° NNW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Durham is from Wilmington

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Durham and Wilmington is 134.9 miles, 217.2 km or 117.3 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 134.9 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
134.9
Kilometers
217.2
Nautical miles
117.3
Bearing from Durham
154.6° SSE
Bearing arriving at Wilmington
155.2°
Bearing from Wilmington
335.2° NNW

Halfway between Durham and Wilmington

The great-circle midpoint is at 35.094602, -78.386460 (35°05'40.57"N 78°23'11.26"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Clinton, NC, with 8,317 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, Durham gets 14 h 36 min of daylight and Wilmington 14 h 26 min; on December 21, 9 h 43 min and 9 h 52 min. Durham is 1.77° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Durham has 2.4 times the population of Wilmington. From July 2020 to July 2024, Durham changed by +7.2% and Wilmington by +8.1%. Both are in North Carolina.

  1. 01Durham, NC301,870 (+7.2%)
  2. 02Wilmington, NC125,284 (+8.1%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Durham from Wilmington?

134.9 miles, 217.2 km or 117.3 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Wilmington from Durham?

SSE. The great-circle path leaves Durham on a bearing of 154.6° and arrives at Wilmington on 155.2°. The return trip starts on 335.2°.

What is halfway between Durham and Wilmington?

The midpoint is at 35.094602, -78.386460. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Clinton, NC, 7.2 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Durham and Wilmington?

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

Which is bigger, Durham or Wilmington?

Durham, with 301,870 residents in July 2024 against 125,284 for Wilmington, 2.4 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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