Oregon

Distance from Eugene to Salem

Straight-line distance

60.1mi

Eugene, OR and Salem, OR are 60.1 miles (96.7 km) apart in a straight line. From Eugene, the shortest path starts out heading N (4°).

kilometers
96.7
nautical miles
52.2
heading from Eugene
4° N
heading from Salem
185° S
EugeneSalem

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

How far Eugene is from Salem

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Eugene and Salem is 60.1 miles, 96.7 km or 52.2 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 60.1 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
60.1
Kilometers
96.7
Nautical miles
52.2
Bearing from Eugene
4.5° N
Bearing arriving at Salem
4.5°
Bearing from Salem
184.5° S

Halfway between Eugene and Salem

The great-circle midpoint is at 44.490360, -123.071357 (44°29'25.30"N 123°04'16.88"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Tangent, OR, with 1,253 residents, 4.4 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 Salem 15 h 37 min; on December 21, 8 h 53 min and 8 h 47 min. Salem is 0.87° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Salem has 1.0 times the population of Eugene. From July 2020 to July 2024, Eugene changed by +0.2% and Salem by +2.5%. Both are in Oregon.

  1. 01Eugene, OR178,786 (+0.2%)
  2. 02Salem, OR180,406 (+2.5%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Eugene from Salem?

60.1 miles, 96.7 km or 52.2 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Salem from Eugene?

N. The great-circle path leaves Eugene on a bearing of 4.5° and arrives at Salem on 4.5°. The return trip starts on 184.5°.

What is halfway between Eugene and Salem?

The midpoint is at 44.490360, -123.071357. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Tangent, OR, 4.4 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Eugene and Salem?

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

Which is bigger, Eugene or Salem?

Salem, with 180,406 residents in July 2024 against 178,786 for Eugene, 1.0 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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