New Hampshire to Massachusetts

Distance from Manchester to Quincy

Straight-line distance

54.7mi

Manchester, NH and Quincy, MA are 54.7 miles (88.0 km) apart in a straight line. From Manchester, the shortest path starts out heading SSE (156°).

kilometers
88.0
nautical miles
47.5
heading from Manchester
156° SSE
heading from Quincy
336° NNW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Manchester is from Quincy

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Manchester and Quincy is 54.7 miles, 88.0 km or 47.5 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 54.7 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
54.7
Kilometers
88.0
Nautical miles
47.5
Bearing from Manchester
156.0° SSE
Bearing arriving at Quincy
156.3°
Bearing from Quincy
336.3° NNW

Halfway between Manchester and Quincy

The great-circle midpoint is at 42.623156, -71.225285 (42°37'23.36"N 71°13'31.03"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Lowell, MA, with 120,418 residents, 5.0 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, Manchester gets 15 h 22 min of daylight and Quincy 15 h 16 min; on December 21, 9 h 00 min and 9 h 05 min. Manchester is 0.72° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Manchester has 1.1 times the population of Quincy. From July 2020 to July 2024, Manchester changed by +0.8% and Quincy by +1.9%. The trip crosses from New Hampshire into Massachusetts.

  1. 01Manchester, NH116,386 (+0.8%)
  2. 02Quincy, MA103,434 (+1.9%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Manchester from Quincy?

54.7 miles, 88.0 km or 47.5 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Quincy from Manchester?

SSE. The great-circle path leaves Manchester on a bearing of 156.0° and arrives at Quincy on 156.3°. The return trip starts on 336.3°.

What is halfway between Manchester and Quincy?

The midpoint is at 42.623156, -71.225285. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Lowell, MA, 5.0 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Manchester and Quincy?

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

Which is bigger, Manchester or Quincy?

Manchester, with 116,386 residents in July 2024 against 103,434 for Quincy, 1.1 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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