Texas

Distance from Austin to San Angelo

Straight-line distance

178.3mi

Austin, TX and San Angelo, TX are 178.3 miles (287.0 km) apart in a straight line. From Austin, the shortest path starts out heading WNW (297°).

kilometers
287.0
nautical miles
155.0
heading from Austin
297° WNW
heading from San Angelo
116° ESE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Austin is from San Angelo

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Austin and San Angelo is 178.3 miles, 287.0 km or 155.0 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 178.3 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
178.3
Kilometers
287.0
Nautical miles
155.0
Bearing from Austin
297.0° WNW
Bearing arriving at San Angelo
295.6°
Bearing from San Angelo
115.6° ESE

Halfway between Austin and San Angelo

The great-circle midpoint is at 30.876836, -99.094263 (30°52'36.61"N 99°05'39.35"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Mason, TX, with 2,152 residents, 12.0 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 San Angelo 14 h 12 min; on December 21, 10 h 11 min and 10 h 06 min. San Angelo is 1.14° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Austin has 9.9 times the population of San Angelo. From July 2020 to July 2024, Austin changed by +2.9% and San Angelo by +0.1%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Austin, TX993,588 (+2.9%)
  2. 02San Angelo, TX100,159 (+0.1%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Austin from San Angelo?

178.3 miles, 287.0 km or 155.0 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is San Angelo from Austin?

WNW. The great-circle path leaves Austin on a bearing of 297.0° and arrives at San Angelo on 295.6°. The return trip starts on 115.6°.

What is halfway between Austin and San Angelo?

The midpoint is at 30.876836, -99.094263. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Mason, TX, 12.0 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Austin and San Angelo?

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

Which is bigger, Austin or San Angelo?

Austin, with 993,588 residents in July 2024 against 100,159 for San Angelo, 9.9 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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