Virginia to District of Columbia

Distance from Hampton to Washington

Straight-line distance

134.1mi

Hampton, VA and Washington, DC are 134.1 miles (215.8 km) apart in a straight line. From Hampton, the shortest path starts out heading NNW (343°).

kilometers
215.8
nautical miles
116.5
heading from Hampton
343° NNW
heading from Washington
163° SSE
HamptonWashington

Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Hampton is from Washington

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Hampton and Washington is 134.1 miles, 215.8 km or 116.5 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 134.1 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
134.1
Kilometers
215.8
Nautical miles
116.5
Bearing from Hampton
343.2° NNW
Bearing arriving at Washington
342.8°
Bearing from Washington
162.8° SSE

Halfway between Hampton and Washington

The great-circle midpoint is at 37.976647, -76.652353 (37°58'35.93"N 76°39'8.47"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Warsaw, VA, with 1,683 residents, 6.0 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, Hampton gets 14 h 43 min of daylight and Washington 14 h 54 min; on December 21, 9 h 37 min and 9 h 26 min. Washington is 1.86° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Washington has 5.1 times the population of Hampton. From July 2020 to July 2024, Hampton changed by +0.2% and Washington by +4.7%. The trip crosses from Virginia into District of Columbia.

  1. 01Hampton, VA137,596 (+0.2%)
  2. 02Washington, DC702,250 (+4.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Hampton from Washington?

134.1 miles, 215.8 km or 116.5 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Washington from Hampton?

NNW. The great-circle path leaves Hampton on a bearing of 343.2° and arrives at Washington on 342.8°. The return trip starts on 162.8°.

What is halfway between Hampton and Washington?

The midpoint is at 37.976647, -76.652353. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Warsaw, VA, 6.0 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Hampton and Washington?

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

Which is bigger, Hampton or Washington?

Washington, with 702,250 residents in July 2024 against 137,596 for Hampton, 5.1 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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