Oregon

Distance from Eugene to Portland

Straight-line distance

104.8mi

Eugene, OR and Portland, OR are 104.8 miles (168.7 km) apart in a straight line. From Eugene, the shortest path starts out heading NNE (13°).

kilometers
168.7
nautical miles
91.1
heading from Eugene
13° NNE
heading from Portland
193° SSW
EugenePortland

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

How far Eugene is from Portland

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Eugene and Portland is 104.8 miles, 168.7 km or 91.1 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 104.8 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
104.8
Kilometers
168.7
Nautical miles
91.1
Bearing from Eugene
12.5° NNE
Bearing arriving at Portland
12.8°
Bearing from Portland
192.8° SSW

Halfway between Eugene and Portland

The great-circle midpoint is at 44.797140, -122.887508 (44°47'49.70"N 122°53'15.03"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Aumsville, OR, with 4,216 residents, 3.5 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 Portland 15 h 41 min; on December 21, 8 h 53 min and 8 h 42 min. Portland is 1.48° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Portland has 3.6 times the population of Eugene. From July 2020 to July 2024, Eugene changed by +0.2% and Portland by -2.7%. Both are in Oregon.

  1. 01Eugene, OR178,786 (+0.2%)
  2. 02Portland, OR635,749 (-2.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Eugene from Portland?

104.8 miles, 168.7 km or 91.1 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Portland from Eugene?

NNE. The great-circle path leaves Eugene on a bearing of 12.5° and arrives at Portland on 12.8°. The return trip starts on 192.8°.

What is halfway between Eugene and Portland?

The midpoint is at 44.797140, -122.887508. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Aumsville, OR, 3.5 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Eugene and Portland?

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

Which is bigger, Eugene or Portland?

Portland, with 635,749 residents in July 2024 against 178,786 for Eugene, 3.6 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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