North Dakota to Minnesota

Distance from Fargo to Minneapolis

Straight-line distance

215.7mi

Fargo, ND and Minneapolis, MN are 215.7 miles (347.2 km) apart in a straight line. From Fargo, the shortest path starts out heading SE (126°).

kilometers
347.2
nautical miles
187.5
heading from Fargo
126° SE
heading from Minneapolis
309° NW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Fargo is from Minneapolis

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Fargo and Minneapolis is 215.7 miles, 347.2 km or 187.5 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 215.8 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
215.7
Kilometers
347.2
Nautical miles
187.5
Bearing from Fargo
126.2° SE
Bearing arriving at Minneapolis
128.8°
Bearing from Minneapolis
308.8° NW

Halfway between Fargo and Minneapolis

The great-circle midpoint is at 45.927822, -95.018188 (45°55'40.16"N 95°01'5.48"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Osakis, MN, with 1,747 residents, 7.8 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/Chicago, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Fargo gets 15 h 53 min of daylight and Minneapolis 15 h 37 min; on December 21, 8 h 32 min and 8 h 46 min. Fargo is 1.90° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Minneapolis has 3.1 times the population of Fargo. From July 2020 to July 2024, Fargo changed by +8.2% and Minneapolis by -0.5%. The trip crosses from North Dakota into Minnesota.

  1. 01Fargo, ND136,285 (+8.2%)
  2. 02Minneapolis, MN428,579 (-0.5%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Fargo from Minneapolis?

215.7 miles, 347.2 km or 187.5 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Minneapolis from Fargo?

SE. The great-circle path leaves Fargo on a bearing of 126.2° and arrives at Minneapolis on 128.8°. The return trip starts on 308.8°.

What is halfway between Fargo and Minneapolis?

The midpoint is at 45.927822, -95.018188. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Osakis, MN, 7.8 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Fargo and Minneapolis?

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

Which is bigger, Fargo or Minneapolis?

Minneapolis, with 428,579 residents in July 2024 against 136,285 for Fargo, 3.1 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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