Texas

Distance from Austin to New Braunfels

Straight-line distance

46.7mi

Austin, TX and New Braunfels, TX are 46.7 miles (75.2 km) apart in a straight line. From Austin, the shortest path starts out heading SSW (208°).

kilometers
75.2
nautical miles
40.6
heading from Austin
208° SSW
heading from New Braunfels
27° NNE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Austin is from New Braunfels

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Austin and New Braunfels is 46.7 miles, 75.2 km or 40.6 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 46.7 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
46.7
Kilometers
75.2
Nautical miles
40.6
Bearing from Austin
207.6° SSW
Bearing arriving at New Braunfels
207.5°
Bearing from New Braunfels
27.5° NNE

Halfway between Austin and New Braunfels

The great-circle midpoint is at 29.999073, -97.935145 (29°59'56.66"N 97°56'6.52"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Kyle, TX, with 65,833 residents, 3.1 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 New Braunfels 14 h 03 min; on December 21, 10 h 11 min and 10 h 14 min. Austin is 0.60° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Austin has 8.5 times the population of New Braunfels. From July 2020 to July 2024, Austin changed by +2.9% and New Braunfels by +27.0%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Austin, TX993,588 (+2.9%)
  2. 02New Braunfels, TX116,477 (+27.0%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Austin from New Braunfels?

46.7 miles, 75.2 km or 40.6 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is New Braunfels from Austin?

SSW. The great-circle path leaves Austin on a bearing of 207.6° and arrives at New Braunfels on 207.5°. The return trip starts on 27.5°.

What is halfway between Austin and New Braunfels?

The midpoint is at 29.999073, -97.935145. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Kyle, TX, 3.1 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Austin and New Braunfels?

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

Which is bigger, Austin or New Braunfels?

Austin, with 993,588 residents in July 2024 against 116,477 for New Braunfels, 8.5 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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