Texas

Distance from Austin to Laredo

Straight-line distance

216.3mi

Austin, TX and Laredo, TX are 216.3 miles (348.2 km) apart in a straight line. From Austin, the shortest path starts out heading SSW (209°).

kilometers
348.2
nautical miles
188.0
heading from Austin
209° SSW
heading from Laredo
29° NNE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Austin is from Laredo

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Austin and Laredo is 216.3 miles, 348.2 km or 188.0 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 216.3 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
216.3
Kilometers
348.2
Nautical miles
188.0
Bearing from Austin
209.4° SSW
Bearing arriving at Laredo
208.6°
Bearing from Laredo
28.6° NNE

Halfway between Austin and Laredo

The great-circle midpoint is at 28.932280, -98.633111 (28°55'56.21"N 98°37'59.20"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Jourdanton, TX, with 4,569 residents, 5.7 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 Laredo 13 h 53 min; on December 21, 10 h 11 min and 10 h 24 min. Austin is 2.74° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Austin has 3.8 times the population of Laredo. From July 2020 to July 2024, Austin changed by +2.9% and Laredo by +2.3%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Austin, TX993,588 (+2.9%)
  2. 02Laredo, TX261,260 (+2.3%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Austin from Laredo?

216.3 miles, 348.2 km or 188.0 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Laredo from Austin?

SSW. The great-circle path leaves Austin on a bearing of 209.4° and arrives at Laredo on 208.6°. The return trip starts on 28.6°.

What is halfway between Austin and Laredo?

The midpoint is at 28.932280, -98.633111. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Jourdanton, TX, 5.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Austin and Laredo?

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

Which is bigger, Austin or Laredo?

Austin, with 993,588 residents in July 2024 against 261,260 for Laredo, 3.8 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.