Massachusetts

Distance from Lowell to Worcester

Straight-line distance

35.6mi

Lowell, MA and Worcester, MA are 35.6 miles (57.3 km) apart in a straight line. From Lowell, the shortest path starts out heading SW (224°).

kilometers
57.3
nautical miles
30.9
heading from Lowell
224° SW
heading from Worcester
44° NE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Lowell is from Worcester

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Lowell and Worcester is 35.6 miles, 57.3 km or 30.9 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 35.6 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
35.6
Kilometers
57.3
Nautical miles
30.9
Bearing from Lowell
224.4° SW
Bearing arriving at Worcester
224.0°
Bearing from Worcester
44.0° NE

Halfway between Lowell and Worcester

The great-circle midpoint is at 42.454507, -71.565118 (42°27'16.23"N 71°33'54.42"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Marlborough, MA, with 42,169 residents, 7.3 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, Lowell gets 15 h 19 min of daylight and Worcester 15 h 17 min; on December 21, 9 h 03 min and 9 h 05 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Worcester has 1.8 times the population of Lowell. From July 2020 to July 2024, Lowell changed by +4.0% and Worcester by +4.4%. Both are in Massachusetts.

  1. 01Lowell, MA120,418 (+4.0%)
  2. 02Worcester, MA211,286 (+4.4%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Lowell from Worcester?

35.6 miles, 57.3 km or 30.9 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Worcester from Lowell?

SW. The great-circle path leaves Lowell on a bearing of 224.4° and arrives at Worcester on 224.0°. The return trip starts on 44.0°.

What is halfway between Lowell and Worcester?

The midpoint is at 42.454507, -71.565118. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Marlborough, MA, 7.3 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Lowell and Worcester?

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

Which is bigger, Lowell or Worcester?

Worcester, with 211,286 residents in July 2024 against 120,418 for Lowell, 1.8 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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