North Carolina

Distance from Raleigh to Wilmington

Straight-line distance

120.0mi

Raleigh, NC and Wilmington, NC are 120.0 miles (193.1 km) apart in a straight line. From Raleigh, the shortest path starts out heading SSE (159°).

kilometers
193.1
nautical miles
104.3
heading from Raleigh
159° SSE
heading from Wilmington
339° NNW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Raleigh is from Wilmington

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Raleigh and Wilmington is 120.0 miles, 193.1 km or 104.3 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 120.0 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
120.0
Kilometers
193.1
Nautical miles
104.3
Bearing from Raleigh
158.9° SSE
Bearing arriving at Wilmington
159.4°
Bearing from Wilmington
339.4° NNW

Halfway between Raleigh and Wilmington

The great-circle midpoint is at 35.021135, -78.259653 (35°01'16.08"N 78°15'34.75"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Clinton, NC, with 8,317 residents, 4.3 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, Raleigh gets 14 h 36 min of daylight and Wilmington 14 h 26 min; on December 21, 9 h 44 min and 9 h 52 min. Raleigh is 1.62° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Raleigh has 4.0 times the population of Wilmington. From July 2020 to July 2024, Raleigh changed by +7.3% and Wilmington by +8.1%. Both are in North Carolina.

  1. 01Raleigh, NC499,825 (+7.3%)
  2. 02Wilmington, NC125,284 (+8.1%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Raleigh from Wilmington?

120.0 miles, 193.1 km or 104.3 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Wilmington from Raleigh?

SSE. The great-circle path leaves Raleigh on a bearing of 158.9° and arrives at Wilmington on 159.4°. The return trip starts on 339.4°.

What is halfway between Raleigh and Wilmington?

The midpoint is at 35.021135, -78.259653. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Clinton, NC, 4.3 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Raleigh and Wilmington?

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

Which is bigger, Raleigh or Wilmington?

Raleigh, with 499,825 residents in July 2024 against 125,284 for Wilmington, 4.0 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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