North Carolina

Distance from Fayetteville to Greensboro

Straight-line distance

84.7mi

Fayetteville, NC and Greensboro, NC are 84.7 miles (136.3 km) apart in a straight line. From Fayetteville, the shortest path starts out heading NW (326°).

kilometers
136.3
nautical miles
73.6
heading from Fayetteville
326° NW
heading from Greensboro
145° SE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Fayetteville is from Greensboro

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Fayetteville and Greensboro is 84.7 miles, 136.3 km or 73.6 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 84.7 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
84.7
Kilometers
136.3
Nautical miles
73.6
Bearing from Fayetteville
325.9° NW
Bearing arriving at Greensboro
325.4°
Bearing from Greensboro
145.4° SE

Halfway between Fayetteville and Greensboro

The great-circle midpoint is at 35.589596, -79.395863 (35°35'22.55"N 79°23'45.11"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Siler City, NC, with 8,087 residents, 10.3 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/New_York, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Fayetteville gets 14 h 31 min of daylight and Greensboro 14 h 37 min; on December 21, 9 h 48 min and 9 h 42 min. Greensboro is 1.01° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Greensboro has 1.5 times the population of Fayetteville. From July 2020 to July 2024, Fayetteville changed by -0.7% and Greensboro by +3.9%. Both are in North Carolina.

  1. 01Fayetteville, NC209,496 (-0.7%)
  2. 02Greensboro, NC307,381 (+3.9%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Fayetteville from Greensboro?

84.7 miles, 136.3 km or 73.6 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Greensboro from Fayetteville?

NW. The great-circle path leaves Fayetteville on a bearing of 325.9° and arrives at Greensboro on 325.4°. The return trip starts on 145.4°.

What is halfway between Fayetteville and Greensboro?

The midpoint is at 35.589596, -79.395863. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Siler City, NC, 10.3 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Fayetteville and Greensboro?

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

Which is bigger, Fayetteville or Greensboro?

Greensboro, with 307,381 residents in July 2024 against 209,496 for Fayetteville, 1.5 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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