Map of Salisbury, North Carolina, United States

Salisbury is a city in North Carolina, United States, with a population of about 34,017. It lies at 35.6710°N, 80.4742°W, about 234 m above sea level. Salisbury is about 470 km (292 mi) southwest of Washington, D.C., the capital. The nearest city on our map is Kannapolis, 24 km to the southwest.

Salisbury at a glance

Where is Salisbury?

• Located in the Northern and Western hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 9 h 44 min on the shortest day to 14 h 35 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Salisbury

• Kannapolis — 24 km southwest
• Concord — 31 km south
• Mooresville — 32 km west
• Huntersville — 44 km southwest
• Winston-Salem — 52 km northeast
• High Point — 53 km northeast
• Charlotte — 60 km southwest
• Indian Trail — 68 km south
• Greensboro — 76 km northeast
• Monroe — 77 km south

Largest cities in North Carolina

• Charlotte — 911,311
• Raleigh — 482,295
• Greensboro — 285,342
• Durham — 257,636
• Winston-Salem — 241,218
• Fayetteville — 201,963
• Cary — 159,769
• Wilmington — 115,933
• High Point — 110,268
• Asheville — 95,056

Largest cities in United States

• New York City — 8,804,190
• Los Angeles — 3,820,914
• Brooklyn — 2,736,074
• Chicago — 2,664,452
• Queens — 2,316,841
• Houston — 2,314,157
• Phoenix — 1,650,070
• Philadelphia — 1,573,916
• San Antonio — 1,526,656
• Manhattan — 1,487,536

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Other places named Salisbury

• Salisbury — England, United Kingdom

Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.