Massachusetts

Distance from New Bedford to Quincy

Straight-line distance

41.6mi

New Bedford, MA and Quincy, MA are 41.6 miles (66.9 km) apart in a straight line. From New Bedford, the shortest path starts out heading N (355°).

kilometers
66.9
nautical miles
36.1
heading from New Bedford
355° N
heading from Quincy
175° S
New BedfordQuincy

Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far New Bedford is from Quincy

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of New Bedford and Quincy is 41.6 miles, 66.9 km or 36.1 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 41.6 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
41.6
Kilometers
66.9
Nautical miles
36.1
Bearing from New Bedford
355.0° N
Bearing arriving at Quincy
354.9°
Bearing from Quincy
174.9° S

Halfway between New Bedford and Quincy

The great-circle midpoint is at 41.961155, -70.973283 (41°57'40.16"N 70°58'23.82"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Bridgewater Town, MA, with 29,167 residents, 0.8 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, New Bedford gets 15 h 12 min of daylight and Quincy 15 h 16 min; on December 21, 9 h 09 min and 9 h 05 min. Quincy is 0.60° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Quincy has 1.0 times the population of New Bedford. From July 2020 to July 2024, New Bedford changed by +0.4% and Quincy by +1.9%. Both are in Massachusetts.

  1. 01New Bedford, MA101,318 (+0.4%)
  2. 02Quincy, MA103,434 (+1.9%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is New Bedford from Quincy?

41.6 miles, 66.9 km or 36.1 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Quincy from New Bedford?

N. The great-circle path leaves New Bedford on a bearing of 355.0° and arrives at Quincy on 354.9°. The return trip starts on 174.9°.

What is halfway between New Bedford and Quincy?

The midpoint is at 41.961155, -70.973283. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Bridgewater Town, MA, 0.8 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between New Bedford and Quincy?

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

Which is bigger, New Bedford or Quincy?

Quincy, with 103,434 residents in July 2024 against 101,318 for New Bedford, 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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