Texas

Distance from Austin to McAllen

Straight-line distance

283.0mi

Austin, TX and McAllen, TX are 283.0 miles (455.5 km) apart in a straight line. From Austin, the shortest path starts out heading S (186°).

kilometers
455.5
nautical miles
246.0
heading from Austin
186° S
heading from McAllen
6° N
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Austin is from McAllen

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Austin and McAllen is 283.0 miles, 455.5 km or 246.0 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 283.0 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
283.0
Kilometers
455.5
Nautical miles
246.0
Bearing from Austin
186.2° S
Bearing arriving at McAllen
186.0°
Bearing from McAllen
6.0° N

Halfway between Austin and McAllen

The great-circle midpoint is at 28.262020, -98.004803 (28°15'43.27"N 98°00'17.29"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is George West, TX, with 2,227 residents, 8.3 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 McAllen 13 h 47 min; on December 21, 10 h 11 min and 10 h 30 min. Austin is 4.07° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Austin has 6.7 times the population of McAllen. From July 2020 to July 2024, Austin changed by +2.9% and McAllen by +4.5%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Austin, TX993,588 (+2.9%)
  2. 02McAllen, TX148,782 (+4.5%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Austin from McAllen?

283.0 miles, 455.5 km or 246.0 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is McAllen from Austin?

S. The great-circle path leaves Austin on a bearing of 186.2° and arrives at McAllen on 186.0°. The return trip starts on 6.0°.

What is halfway between Austin and McAllen?

The midpoint is at 28.262020, -98.004803. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is George West, TX, 8.3 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Austin and McAllen?

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

Which is bigger, Austin or McAllen?

Austin, with 993,588 residents in July 2024 against 148,782 for McAllen, 6.7 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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