Texas

Distance from Austin to Edinburg

Straight-line distance

276.1mi

Austin, TX and Edinburg, TX are 276.1 miles (444.3 km) apart in a straight line. From Austin, the shortest path starts out heading S (185°).

kilometers
444.3
nautical miles
239.9
heading from Austin
185° S
heading from Edinburg
5° N
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Austin is from Edinburg

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Austin and Edinburg is 276.1 miles, 444.3 km or 239.9 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 276.1 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
276.1
Kilometers
444.3
Nautical miles
239.9
Bearing from Austin
185.1° S
Bearing arriving at Edinburg
185.0°
Bearing from Edinburg
5.0° N

Halfway between Austin and Edinburg

The great-circle midpoint is at 28.308595, -97.957487 (28°18'30.94"N 97°57'26.95"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is George West, TX, with 2,227 residents, 9.9 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, Austin gets 14 h 06 min of daylight and Edinburg 13 h 47 min; on December 21, 10 h 11 min and 10 h 29 min. Austin is 3.98° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Austin has 9.1 times the population of Edinburg. From July 2020 to July 2024, Austin changed by +2.9% and Edinburg by +7.9%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Austin, TX993,588 (+2.9%)
  2. 02Edinburg, TX108,733 (+7.9%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Austin from Edinburg?

276.1 miles, 444.3 km or 239.9 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Edinburg from Austin?

S. The great-circle path leaves Austin on a bearing of 185.1° and arrives at Edinburg on 185.0°. The return trip starts on 5.0°.

What is halfway between Austin and Edinburg?

The midpoint is at 28.308595, -97.957487. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is George West, TX, 9.9 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Austin and Edinburg?

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

Which is bigger, Austin or Edinburg?

Austin, with 993,588 residents in July 2024 against 108,733 for Edinburg, 9.1 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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