Texas

Distance from Abilene to Odessa

Straight-line distance

157.6mi

Abilene, TX and Odessa, TX are 157.6 miles (253.6 km) apart in a straight line. From Abilene, the shortest path starts out heading WSW (256°).

kilometers
253.6
nautical miles
136.9
heading from Abilene
256° WSW
heading from Odessa
75° ENE
AbileneOdessa

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

How far Abilene is from Odessa

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Abilene and Odessa is 157.6 miles, 253.6 km or 136.9 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 157.6 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
157.6
Kilometers
253.6
Nautical miles
136.9
Bearing from Abilene
256.1° WSW
Bearing arriving at Odessa
254.7°
Bearing from Odessa
74.7° ENE

Halfway between Abilene and Odessa

The great-circle midpoint is at 32.174184, -101.045808 (32°10'27.06"N 101°02'44.91"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Colorado City, TX, with 3,915 residents, 19.0 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 Odessa 14 h 14 min; on December 21, 10 h 01 min and 10 h 04 min. Abilene is 0.57° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Abilene has 1.1 times the population of Odessa. From July 2020 to July 2024, Abilene changed by +4.2% and Odessa by +4.2%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Abilene, TX130,501 (+4.2%)
  2. 02Odessa, TX119,748 (+4.2%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Abilene from Odessa?

157.6 miles, 253.6 km or 136.9 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Odessa from Abilene?

WSW. The great-circle path leaves Abilene on a bearing of 256.1° and arrives at Odessa on 254.7°. The return trip starts on 74.7°.

What is halfway between Abilene and Odessa?

The midpoint is at 32.174184, -101.045808. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Colorado City, TX, 19.0 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Abilene and Odessa?

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

Which is bigger, Abilene or Odessa?

Abilene, with 130,501 residents in July 2024 against 119,748 for Odessa, 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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