Oregon

Distance from Hillsboro to Portland

Straight-line distance

13.8mi

Hillsboro, OR and Portland, OR are 13.8 miles (22.3 km) apart in a straight line. From Hillsboro, the shortest path starts out heading E (87°).

kilometers
22.3
nautical miles
12.0
heading from Hillsboro
87° E
heading from Portland
267° W
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Hillsboro is from Portland

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Hillsboro and Portland is 13.8 miles, 22.3 km or 12.0 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 13.8 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
13.8
Kilometers
22.3
Nautical miles
12.0
Bearing from Hillsboro
87.0° E
Bearing arriving at Portland
87.2°
Bearing from Portland
267.2° W

Halfway between Hillsboro and Portland

The great-circle midpoint is at 45.531989, -122.792713 (45°31'55.16"N 122°47'33.77"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Beaverton, OR, with 98,302 residents, 3.9 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/Los_Angeles, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Hillsboro gets 15 h 41 min of daylight and Portland 15 h 41 min; on December 21, 8 h 42 min and 8 h 42 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Portland has 5.8 times the population of Hillsboro. From July 2020 to July 2024, Hillsboro changed by +3.0% and Portland by -2.7%. Both are in Oregon.

  1. 01Hillsboro, OR110,337 (+3.0%)
  2. 02Portland, OR635,749 (-2.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Hillsboro from Portland?

13.8 miles, 22.3 km or 12.0 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Portland from Hillsboro?

E. The great-circle path leaves Hillsboro on a bearing of 87.0° and arrives at Portland on 87.2°. The return trip starts on 267.2°.

What is halfway between Hillsboro and Portland?

The midpoint is at 45.531989, -122.792713. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Beaverton, OR, 3.9 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Hillsboro and Portland?

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

Which is bigger, Hillsboro or Portland?

Portland, with 635,749 residents in July 2024 against 110,337 for Hillsboro, 5.8 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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