New Hampshire to Rhode Island
Distance from Manchester to Providence
Straight-line distance
80.3mi
Manchester, NH and Providence, RI are 80.3 miles (129.2 km) apart in a straight line. From Manchester, the shortest path starts out heading S (179°).
- kilometers
- 129.2
- nautical miles
- 69.8
- heading from Manchester
- 179° S
- heading from Providence
- 359° N
Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders
How far Manchester is from Providence
The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Manchester and Providence is 80.3 miles, 129.2 km or 69.8 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 80.3 miles, practically the same at this range.
Measurements
- Miles
- 80.3
- Kilometers
- 129.2
- Nautical miles
- 69.8
- Bearing from Manchester
- 179.1° S
- Bearing arriving at Providence
- 179.1°
- Bearing from Providence
- 359.1° N
Halfway between Manchester and Providence
The great-circle midpoint is at 42.404001, -71.431333 (42°24'14.40"N 71°25'52.80"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Framingham, MA, with 73,361 residents, 6.6 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, Manchester gets 15 h 22 min of daylight and Providence 15 h 13 min; on December 21, 9 h 00 min and 9 h 08 min. Manchester is 1.16° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.
Population compared
Providence has 1.7 times the population of Manchester. From July 2020 to July 2024, Manchester changed by +0.8% and Providence by +2.0%. The trip crosses from New Hampshire into Rhode Island.
- 01Manchester, NH116,386 (+0.8%)
- 02Providence, RI194,706 (+2.0%)
Questions people ask
How far is Manchester from Providence?
80.3 miles, 129.2 km or 69.8 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.
Which direction is Providence from Manchester?
S. The great-circle path leaves Manchester on a bearing of 179.1° and arrives at Providence on 179.1°. The return trip starts on 359.1°.
What is halfway between Manchester and Providence?
The midpoint is at 42.404001, -71.431333. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Framingham, MA, 6.6 miles from it.
Is there a time difference between Manchester and Providence?
Both use America/New_York, so there is no time difference.
Which is bigger, Manchester or Providence?
Providence, with 194,706 residents in July 2024 against 116,386 for Manchester, 1.7 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.
- 01Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 02Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 03SunCalc library (Vladimir Agafonkin), algorithms after Jean Meeus
- 04IANA time zone database (clock times and daylight saving rules)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.