Texas

Distance from Amarillo to Midland

Straight-line distance

219.9mi

Amarillo, TX and Midland, TX are 219.9 miles (353.8 km) apart in a straight line. From Amarillo, the shortest path starts out heading S (184°).

kilometers
353.8
nautical miles
191.1
heading from Amarillo
184° S
heading from Midland
4° N
AmarilloMidland

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

How far Amarillo is from Midland

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Amarillo and Midland is 219.9 miles, 353.8 km or 191.1 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 219.9 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
219.9
Kilometers
353.8
Nautical miles
191.1
Bearing from Amarillo
184.3° S
Bearing arriving at Midland
184.1°
Bearing from Midland
4.1° N

Halfway between Amarillo and Midland

The great-circle midpoint is at 33.611429, -101.975881 (33°36'41.14"N 101°58'33.17"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Shallowater, TX, with 2,972 residents, 5.5 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, Amarillo gets 14 h 32 min of daylight and Midland 14 h 15 min; on December 21, 9 h 47 min and 10 h 03 min. Amarillo is 3.17° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Amarillo has 1.4 times the population of Midland. From July 2020 to July 2024, Amarillo changed by +1.6% and Midland by +7.8%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Amarillo, TX203,729 (+1.6%)
  2. 02Midland, TX143,687 (+7.8%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Amarillo from Midland?

219.9 miles, 353.8 km or 191.1 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Midland from Amarillo?

S. The great-circle path leaves Amarillo on a bearing of 184.3° and arrives at Midland on 184.1°. The return trip starts on 4.1°.

What is halfway between Amarillo and Midland?

The midpoint is at 33.611429, -101.975881. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Shallowater, TX, 5.5 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Amarillo and Midland?

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

Which is bigger, Amarillo or Midland?

Amarillo, with 203,729 residents in July 2024 against 143,687 for Midland, 1.4 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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