New Hampshire to Massachusetts
Distance from Manchester to Worcester
Straight-line distance
52.8mi
Manchester, NH and Worcester, MA are 52.8 miles (84.9 km) apart in a straight line. From Manchester, the shortest path starts out heading SSW (201°).
- kilometers
- 84.9
- nautical miles
- 45.9
- heading from Manchester
- 201° SSW
- heading from Worcester
- 20° NNE
Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders
How far Manchester is from Worcester
The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Manchester and Worcester is 52.8 miles, 84.9 km or 45.9 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 52.8 miles, practically the same at this range.
Measurements
- Miles
- 52.8
- Kilometers
- 84.9
- Nautical miles
- 45.9
- Bearing from Manchester
- 200.6° SSW
- Bearing arriving at Worcester
- 200.4°
- Bearing from Worcester
- 20.4° NNE
Halfway between Manchester and Worcester
The great-circle midpoint is at 42.627344, -71.626995 (42°37'38.44"N 71°37'37.18"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Fitchburg, MA, with 42,145 residents, 9.8 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 Worcester 15 h 17 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
Worcester has 1.8 times the population of Manchester. From July 2020 to July 2024, Manchester changed by +0.8% and Worcester by +4.4%. The trip crosses from New Hampshire into Massachusetts.
- 01Manchester, NH116,386 (+0.8%)
- 02Worcester, MA211,286 (+4.4%)
Questions people ask
How far is Manchester from Worcester?
52.8 miles, 84.9 km or 45.9 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.
Which direction is Worcester from Manchester?
SSW. The great-circle path leaves Manchester on a bearing of 200.6° and arrives at Worcester on 200.4°. The return trip starts on 20.4°.
What is halfway between Manchester and Worcester?
The midpoint is at 42.627344, -71.626995. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Fitchburg, MA, 9.8 miles from it.
Is there a time difference between Manchester and Worcester?
Both use America/New_York, so there is no time difference.
Which is bigger, Manchester or Worcester?
Worcester, with 211,286 residents in July 2024 against 116,386 for Manchester, 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.
- 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.