Texas

Distance from Abilene to Amarillo

Straight-line distance

224.5mi

Abilene, TX and Amarillo, TX are 224.5 miles (361.3 km) apart in a straight line. From Abilene, the shortest path starts out heading NNW (328°).

kilometers
361.3
nautical miles
195.1
heading from Abilene
328° NNW
heading from Amarillo
147° SSE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Abilene is from Amarillo

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Abilene and Amarillo is 224.5 miles, 361.3 km or 195.1 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 224.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
224.5
Kilometers
361.3
Nautical miles
195.1
Bearing from Abilene
328.2° NNW
Bearing arriving at Amarillo
327.0°
Bearing from Amarillo
147.0° SSE

Halfway between Abilene and Amarillo

The great-circle midpoint is at 33.830727, -100.768789 (33°49'50.62"N 100°46'7.64"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Crosbyton, TX, with 1,465 residents, 30.0 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/Chicago, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Abilene gets 14 h 17 min of daylight and Amarillo 14 h 32 min; on December 21, 10 h 01 min and 9 h 47 min. Amarillo is 2.74° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Amarillo has 1.6 times the population of Abilene. From July 2020 to July 2024, Abilene changed by +4.2% and Amarillo by +1.6%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Abilene, TX130,501 (+4.2%)
  2. 02Amarillo, TX203,729 (+1.6%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Abilene from Amarillo?

224.5 miles, 361.3 km or 195.1 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Amarillo from Abilene?

NNW. The great-circle path leaves Abilene on a bearing of 328.2° and arrives at Amarillo on 327.0°. The return trip starts on 147.0°.

What is halfway between Abilene and Amarillo?

The midpoint is at 33.830727, -100.768789. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Crosbyton, TX, 30.0 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Abilene and Amarillo?

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

Which is bigger, Abilene or Amarillo?

Amarillo, with 203,729 residents in July 2024 against 130,501 for Abilene, 1.6 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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