Texas

Distance from Austin to Sugar Land

Straight-line distance

136.0mi

Austin, TX and Sugar Land, TX are 136.0 miles (218.8 km) apart in a straight line. From Austin, the shortest path starts out heading ESE (110°).

kilometers
218.8
nautical miles
118.2
heading from Austin
110° ESE
heading from Sugar Land
292° WNW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Austin is from Sugar Land

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Austin and Sugar Land is 136.0 miles, 218.8 km or 118.2 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 136.0 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
136.0
Kilometers
218.8
Nautical miles
118.2
Bearing from Austin
110.5° ESE
Bearing arriving at Sugar Land
111.5°
Bearing from Sugar Land
291.5° WNW

Halfway between Austin and Sugar Land

The great-circle midpoint is at 29.949943, -96.690188 (29°56'59.79"N 96°41'24.68"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is La Grange, TX, with 4,504 residents, 11.4 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 Sugar Land 14 h 03 min; on December 21, 10 h 11 min and 10 h 15 min. Austin is 0.71° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Austin has 9.0 times the population of Sugar Land. From July 2020 to July 2024, Austin changed by +2.9% and Sugar Land by -0.9%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Austin, TX993,588 (+2.9%)
  2. 02Sugar Land, TX109,851 (-0.9%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Austin from Sugar Land?

136.0 miles, 218.8 km or 118.2 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Sugar Land from Austin?

ESE. The great-circle path leaves Austin on a bearing of 110.5° and arrives at Sugar Land on 111.5°. The return trip starts on 291.5°.

What is halfway between Austin and Sugar Land?

The midpoint is at 29.949943, -96.690188. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is La Grange, TX, 11.4 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Austin and Sugar Land?

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

Which is bigger, Austin or Sugar Land?

Austin, with 993,588 residents in July 2024 against 109,851 for Sugar Land, 9.0 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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