North Carolina

Distance from Greensboro to Wilmington

Straight-line distance

170.2mi

Greensboro, NC and Wilmington, NC are 170.2 miles (273.9 km) apart in a straight line. From Greensboro, the shortest path starts out heading SE (139°).

kilometers
273.9
nautical miles
147.9
heading from Greensboro
139° SE
heading from Wilmington
321° NW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Greensboro is from Wilmington

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Greensboro and Wilmington is 170.2 miles, 273.9 km or 147.9 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 170.2 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
170.2
Kilometers
273.9
Nautical miles
147.9
Bearing from Greensboro
139.4° SE
Bearing arriving at Wilmington
140.5°
Bearing from Wilmington
320.5° NW

Halfway between Greensboro and Wilmington

The great-circle midpoint is at 35.155906, -78.843471 (35°09'21.26"N 78°50'36.49"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Eastover, NC, with 3,710 residents, 5.3 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, Greensboro gets 14 h 37 min of daylight and Wilmington 14 h 26 min; on December 21, 9 h 42 min and 9 h 52 min. Greensboro is 1.89° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Greensboro has 2.5 times the population of Wilmington. From July 2020 to July 2024, Greensboro changed by +3.9% and Wilmington by +8.1%. Both are in North Carolina.

  1. 01Greensboro, NC307,381 (+3.9%)
  2. 02Wilmington, NC125,284 (+8.1%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Greensboro from Wilmington?

170.2 miles, 273.9 km or 147.9 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Wilmington from Greensboro?

SE. The great-circle path leaves Greensboro on a bearing of 139.4° and arrives at Wilmington on 140.5°. The return trip starts on 320.5°.

What is halfway between Greensboro and Wilmington?

The midpoint is at 35.155906, -78.843471. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Eastover, NC, 5.3 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Greensboro and Wilmington?

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

Which is bigger, Greensboro or Wilmington?

Greensboro, with 307,381 residents in July 2024 against 125,284 for Wilmington, 2.5 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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