Texas

Distance from Austin to Waco

Straight-line distance

93.2mi

Austin, TX and Waco, TX are 93.2 miles (150.0 km) apart in a straight line. From Austin, the shortest path starts out heading NNE (21°).

kilometers
150.0
nautical miles
81.0
heading from Austin
21° NNE
heading from Waco
201° SSW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Austin is from Waco

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Austin and Waco is 93.2 miles, 150.0 km or 81.0 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 93.2 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
93.2
Kilometers
150.0
Nautical miles
81.0
Bearing from Austin
20.9° NNE
Bearing arriving at Waco
21.2°
Bearing from Waco
201.2° SSW

Halfway between Austin and Waco

The great-circle midpoint is at 30.928606, -97.473758 (30°55'42.98"N 97°28'25.53"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Salado, TX, with 2,483 residents, 3.5 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 Waco 14 h 13 min; on December 21, 10 h 11 min and 10 h 05 min. Waco is 1.26° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Austin has 6.8 times the population of Waco. From July 2020 to July 2024, Austin changed by +2.9% and Waco by +4.3%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Austin, TX993,588 (+2.9%)
  2. 02Waco, TX146,608 (+4.3%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Austin from Waco?

93.2 miles, 150.0 km or 81.0 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Waco from Austin?

NNE. The great-circle path leaves Austin on a bearing of 20.9° and arrives at Waco on 21.2°. The return trip starts on 201.2°.

What is halfway between Austin and Waco?

The midpoint is at 30.928606, -97.473758. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Salado, TX, 3.5 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Austin and Waco?

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

Which is bigger, Austin or Waco?

Austin, with 993,588 residents in July 2024 against 146,608 for Waco, 6.8 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)

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