Oregon

Distance from Eugene to Hillsboro

Straight-line distance

102.0mi

Eugene, OR and Hillsboro, OR are 102.0 miles (164.1 km) apart in a straight line. From Eugene, the shortest path starts out heading N (5°).

kilometers
164.1
nautical miles
88.6
heading from Eugene
5° N
heading from Hillsboro
185° S
EugeneHillsboro

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

How far Eugene is from Hillsboro

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Eugene and Hillsboro is 102.0 miles, 164.1 km or 88.6 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 102.0 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
102.0
Kilometers
164.1
Nautical miles
88.6
Bearing from Eugene
5.0° N
Bearing arriving at Hillsboro
5.1°
Bearing from Hillsboro
185.1° S

Halfway between Eugene and Hillsboro

The great-circle midpoint is at 44.791837, -123.028369 (44°47'30.61"N 123°01'42.13"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Jefferson, OR, with 3,296 residents, 5.3 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/Los_Angeles, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Eugene gets 15 h 30 min of daylight and Hillsboro 15 h 41 min; on December 21, 8 h 53 min and 8 h 42 min. Hillsboro is 1.47° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Eugene has 1.6 times the population of Hillsboro. From July 2020 to July 2024, Eugene changed by +0.2% and Hillsboro by +3.0%. Both are in Oregon.

  1. 01Eugene, OR178,786 (+0.2%)
  2. 02Hillsboro, OR110,337 (+3.0%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Eugene from Hillsboro?

102.0 miles, 164.1 km or 88.6 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Hillsboro from Eugene?

N. The great-circle path leaves Eugene on a bearing of 5.0° and arrives at Hillsboro on 5.1°. The return trip starts on 185.1°.

What is halfway between Eugene and Hillsboro?

The midpoint is at 44.791837, -123.028369. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Jefferson, OR, 5.3 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Eugene and Hillsboro?

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

Which is bigger, Eugene or Hillsboro?

Eugene, with 178,786 residents in July 2024 against 110,337 for Hillsboro, 1.6 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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