North Carolina

Distance from Durham to Winston-Salem

Straight-line distance

76.6mi

Durham, NC and Winston-Salem, NC are 76.6 miles (123.3 km) apart in a straight line. From Durham, the shortest path starts out heading W (277°).

kilometers
123.3
nautical miles
66.6
heading from Durham
277° W
heading from Winston-Salem
96° E
DurhamWinston-Salem

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

How far Durham is from Winston-Salem

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Durham and Winston-Salem is 76.6 miles, 123.3 km or 66.6 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 76.6 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
76.6
Kilometers
123.3
Nautical miles
66.6
Bearing from Durham
276.9° W
Bearing arriving at Winston-Salem
276.1°
Bearing from Winston-Salem
96.1° E

Halfway between Durham and Winston-Salem

The great-circle midpoint is at 36.042327, -79.578909 (36°02'32.38"N 79°34'44.07"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Gibsonville, NC, with 9,744 residents, 4.6 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 Winston-Salem 14 h 37 min; on December 21, 9 h 43 min and 9 h 42 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Durham has 1.2 times the population of Winston-Salem. From July 2020 to July 2024, Durham changed by +7.2% and Winston-Salem by +2.6%. Both are in North Carolina.

  1. 01Durham, NC301,870 (+7.2%)
  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 Durham from Winston-Salem?

76.6 miles, 123.3 km or 66.6 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Winston-Salem from Durham?

W. The great-circle path leaves Durham on a bearing of 276.9° and arrives at Winston-Salem on 276.1°. The return trip starts on 96.1°.

What is halfway between Durham and Winston-Salem?

The midpoint is at 36.042327, -79.578909. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Gibsonville, NC, 4.6 miles from it.

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

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

Which is bigger, Durham or Winston-Salem?

Durham, with 301,870 residents in July 2024 against 255,769 for Winston-Salem, 1.2 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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