North Carolina

Distance from Fayetteville to Raleigh

Straight-line distance

55.0mi

Fayetteville, NC and Raleigh, NC are 55.0 miles (88.6 km) apart in a straight line. From Fayetteville, the shortest path starts out heading NNE (20°).

kilometers
88.6
nautical miles
47.8
heading from Fayetteville
20° NNE
heading from Raleigh
200° SSW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Fayetteville is from Raleigh

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Fayetteville and Raleigh is 55.0 miles, 88.6 km or 47.8 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 55.0 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
55.0
Kilometers
88.6
Nautical miles
47.8
Bearing from Fayetteville
19.8° NNE
Bearing arriving at Raleigh
20.0°
Bearing from Raleigh
200.0° SSW

Halfway between Fayetteville and Raleigh

The great-circle midpoint is at 35.457464, -78.808024 (35°27'26.87"N 78°48'28.89"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Lillington, NC, with 4,848 residents, 3.0 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 Raleigh 14 h 36 min; on December 21, 9 h 48 min and 9 h 44 min. Raleigh is 0.75° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Raleigh has 2.4 times the population of Fayetteville. From July 2020 to July 2024, Fayetteville changed by -0.7% and Raleigh by +7.3%. Both are in North Carolina.

  1. 01Fayetteville, NC209,496 (-0.7%)
  2. 02Raleigh, NC499,825 (+7.3%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Fayetteville from Raleigh?

55.0 miles, 88.6 km or 47.8 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Raleigh from Fayetteville?

NNE. The great-circle path leaves Fayetteville on a bearing of 19.8° and arrives at Raleigh on 20.0°. The return trip starts on 200.0°.

What is halfway between Fayetteville and Raleigh?

The midpoint is at 35.457464, -78.808024. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Lillington, NC, 3.0 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Fayetteville and Raleigh?

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

Which is bigger, Fayetteville or Raleigh?

Raleigh, with 499,825 residents in July 2024 against 209,496 for Fayetteville, 2.4 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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