Texas

Distance from Abilene to San Angelo

Straight-line distance

81.5mi

Abilene, TX and San Angelo, TX are 81.5 miles (131.2 km) apart in a straight line. From Abilene, the shortest path starts out heading SSW (211°).

kilometers
131.2
nautical miles
70.8
heading from Abilene
211° SSW
heading from San Angelo
31° NNE
AbileneSan Angelo

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

How far Abilene is from San Angelo

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Abilene and San Angelo is 81.5 miles, 131.2 km or 70.8 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 81.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
81.5
Kilometers
131.2
Nautical miles
70.8
Bearing from Abilene
211.0° SSW
Bearing arriving at San Angelo
210.6°
Bearing from San Angelo
30.6° NNE

Halfway between Abilene and San Angelo

The great-circle midpoint is at 31.948297, -100.096264 (31°56'53.87"N 100°05'46.55"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Winters, TX, with 2,281 residents, 8.0 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 San Angelo 14 h 12 min; on December 21, 10 h 01 min and 10 h 06 min. Abilene is 1.01° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Abilene has 1.3 times the population of San Angelo. From July 2020 to July 2024, Abilene changed by +4.2% and San Angelo by +0.1%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Abilene, TX130,501 (+4.2%)
  2. 02San Angelo, TX100,159 (+0.1%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Abilene from San Angelo?

81.5 miles, 131.2 km or 70.8 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is San Angelo from Abilene?

SSW. The great-circle path leaves Abilene on a bearing of 211.0° and arrives at San Angelo on 210.6°. The return trip starts on 30.6°.

What is halfway between Abilene and San Angelo?

The midpoint is at 31.948297, -100.096264. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Winters, TX, 8.0 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Abilene and San Angelo?

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

Which is bigger, Abilene or San Angelo?

Abilene, with 130,501 residents in July 2024 against 100,159 for San Angelo, 1.3 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)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.