Oregon to Washington

Distance from Salem to Vancouver

Straight-line distance

53.5mi

Salem, OR and Vancouver, WA are 53.5 miles (86.1 km) apart in a straight line. From Salem, the shortest path starts out heading NNE (23°).

kilometers
86.1
nautical miles
46.5
heading from Salem
23° NNE
heading from Vancouver
203° SSW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Salem is from Vancouver

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Salem and Vancouver is 53.5 miles, 86.1 km or 46.5 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 53.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
53.5
Kilometers
86.1
Nautical miles
46.5
Bearing from Salem
22.7° NNE
Bearing arriving at Vancouver
23.0°
Bearing from Vancouver
203.0° SSW

Halfway between Salem and Vancouver

The great-circle midpoint is at 45.280748, -122.811140 (45°16'50.69"N 122°48'40.10"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Wilsonville, OR, with 27,895 residents, 2.9 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/Los_Angeles, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Salem gets 15 h 37 min of daylight and Vancouver 15 h 42 min; on December 21, 8 h 47 min and 8 h 41 min. Vancouver is 0.71° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Vancouver has 1.1 times the population of Salem. From July 2020 to July 2024, Salem changed by +2.5% and Vancouver by +4.0%. The trip crosses from Oregon into Washington.

  1. 01Salem, OR180,406 (+2.5%)
  2. 02Vancouver, WA198,992 (+4.0%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Salem from Vancouver?

53.5 miles, 86.1 km or 46.5 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Vancouver from Salem?

NNE. The great-circle path leaves Salem on a bearing of 22.7° and arrives at Vancouver on 23.0°. The return trip starts on 203.0°.

What is halfway between Salem and Vancouver?

The midpoint is at 45.280748, -122.811140. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Wilsonville, OR, 2.9 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Salem and Vancouver?

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

Which is bigger, Salem or Vancouver?

Vancouver, with 198,992 residents in July 2024 against 180,406 for Salem, 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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