Massachusetts to New Hampshire

Distance from Lowell to Manchester

Straight-line distance

24.7mi

Lowell, MA and Manchester, NH are 24.7 miles (39.8 km) apart in a straight line. From Lowell, the shortest path starts out heading NNW (345°).

kilometers
39.8
nautical miles
21.5
heading from Lowell
345° NNW
heading from Manchester
165° SSE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Lowell is from Manchester

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Lowell and Manchester is 24.7 miles, 39.8 km or 21.5 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 24.7 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
24.7
Kilometers
39.8
Nautical miles
21.5
Bearing from Lowell
345.4° NNW
Bearing arriving at Manchester
345.3°
Bearing from Manchester
165.3° SSE

Halfway between Lowell and Manchester

The great-circle midpoint is at 42.811966, -71.382378 (42°48'43.08"N 71°22'56.56"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Nashua, NH, with 91,851 residents, 7.0 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, Lowell gets 15 h 19 min of daylight and Manchester 15 h 22 min; on December 21, 9 h 03 min and 9 h 00 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Lowell has 1.0 times the population of Manchester. From July 2020 to July 2024, Lowell changed by +4.0% and Manchester by +0.8%. The trip crosses from Massachusetts into New Hampshire.

  1. 01Lowell, MA120,418 (+4.0%)
  2. 02Manchester, NH116,386 (+0.8%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Lowell from Manchester?

24.7 miles, 39.8 km or 21.5 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Manchester from Lowell?

NNW. The great-circle path leaves Lowell on a bearing of 345.4° and arrives at Manchester on 345.3°. The return trip starts on 165.3°.

What is halfway between Lowell and Manchester?

The midpoint is at 42.811966, -71.382378. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Nashua, NH, 7.0 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Lowell and Manchester?

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

Which is bigger, Lowell or Manchester?

Lowell, with 120,418 residents in July 2024 against 116,386 for Manchester, 1.0 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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