North Dakota to Nebraska

Distance from Fargo to Omaha

Straight-line distance

389.0mi

Fargo, ND and Omaha, NE are 389.0 miles (626.0 km) apart in a straight line. From Fargo, the shortest path starts out heading S (174°).

kilometers
626.0
nautical miles
338.0
heading from Fargo
174° S
heading from Omaha
355° N
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Fargo is from Omaha

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Fargo and Omaha is 389.0 miles, 626.0 km or 338.0 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 389.0 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
389.0
Kilometers
626.0
Nautical miles
338.0
Bearing from Fargo
174.0° S
Bearing arriving at Omaha
174.6°
Bearing from Omaha
354.6° N

Halfway between Fargo and Omaha

The great-circle midpoint is at 44.064354, -96.422937 (44°03'51.68"N 96°25'22.57"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Pipestone, MN, with 4,034 residents, 7.3 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/Chicago, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Fargo gets 15 h 53 min of daylight and Omaha 15 h 09 min; on December 21, 8 h 32 min and 9 h 12 min. Fargo is 5.60° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Omaha has 3.6 times the population of Fargo. From July 2020 to July 2024, Fargo changed by +8.2% and Omaha by -0.7%. The trip crosses from North Dakota into Nebraska.

  1. 01Fargo, ND136,285 (+8.2%)
  2. 02Omaha, NE489,265 (-0.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Fargo from Omaha?

389.0 miles, 626.0 km or 338.0 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Omaha from Fargo?

S. The great-circle path leaves Fargo on a bearing of 174.0° and arrives at Omaha on 174.6°. The return trip starts on 354.6°.

What is halfway between Fargo and Omaha?

The midpoint is at 44.064354, -96.422937. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Pipestone, MN, 7.3 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Fargo and Omaha?

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

Which is bigger, Fargo or Omaha?

Omaha, with 489,265 residents in July 2024 against 136,285 for Fargo, 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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