Oregon

Distance from Hillsboro to Salem

Straight-line distance

41.9mi

Hillsboro, OR and Salem, OR are 41.9 miles (67.4 km) apart in a straight line. From Hillsboro, the shortest path starts out heading S (186°).

kilometers
67.4
nautical miles
36.4
heading from Hillsboro
186° S
heading from Salem
6° N
HillsboroSalem

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

How far Hillsboro is from Salem

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Hillsboro and Salem is 41.9 miles, 67.4 km or 36.4 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 41.9 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
41.9
Kilometers
67.4
Nautical miles
36.4
Bearing from Hillsboro
185.9° S
Bearing arriving at Salem
185.8°
Bearing from Salem
5.8° N

Halfway between Hillsboro and Salem

The great-circle midpoint is at 45.225358, -122.979432 (45°13'31.29"N 122°58'45.96"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Dundee, OR, with 3,200 residents, 3.7 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 Salem 15 h 37 min; on December 21, 8 h 42 min and 8 h 47 min. Hillsboro is 0.60° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Salem has 1.6 times the population of Hillsboro. From July 2020 to July 2024, Hillsboro changed by +3.0% and Salem by +2.5%. Both are in Oregon.

  1. 01Hillsboro, OR110,337 (+3.0%)
  2. 02Salem, OR180,406 (+2.5%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Hillsboro from Salem?

41.9 miles, 67.4 km or 36.4 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Salem from Hillsboro?

S. The great-circle path leaves Hillsboro on a bearing of 185.9° and arrives at Salem on 185.8°. The return trip starts on 5.8°.

What is halfway between Hillsboro and Salem?

The midpoint is at 45.225358, -122.979432. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Dundee, OR, 3.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Hillsboro and Salem?

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

Which is bigger, Hillsboro or Salem?

Salem, with 180,406 residents in July 2024 against 110,337 for Hillsboro, 1.6 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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