Texas

Distance from Brownsville to Laredo

Straight-line distance

165.8mi

Brownsville, TX and Laredo, TX are 165.8 miles (266.9 km) apart in a straight line. From Brownsville, the shortest path starts out heading NW (311°).

kilometers
266.9
nautical miles
144.1
heading from Brownsville
311° NW
heading from Laredo
130° SE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Brownsville is from Laredo

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Brownsville and Laredo is 165.8 miles, 266.9 km or 144.1 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 165.8 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
165.8
Kilometers
266.9
Nautical miles
144.1
Bearing from Brownsville
311.1° NW
Bearing arriving at Laredo
310.2°
Bearing from Laredo
130.2° SE

Halfway between Brownsville and Laredo

The great-circle midpoint is at 26.781696, -98.462976 (26°46'54.11"N 98°27'46.71"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Alton, TX, with 22,907 residents, 35.4 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, Brownsville gets 13 h 46 min of daylight and Laredo 13 h 53 min; on December 21, 10 h 31 min and 10 h 24 min. Laredo is 1.56° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Laredo has 1.4 times the population of Brownsville. From July 2020 to July 2024, Brownsville changed by +2.8% and Laredo by +2.3%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Brownsville, TX191,967 (+2.8%)
  2. 02Laredo, TX261,260 (+2.3%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Brownsville from Laredo?

165.8 miles, 266.9 km or 144.1 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Laredo from Brownsville?

NW. The great-circle path leaves Brownsville on a bearing of 311.1° and arrives at Laredo on 310.2°. The return trip starts on 130.2°.

What is halfway between Brownsville and Laredo?

The midpoint is at 26.781696, -98.462976. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Alton, TX, 35.4 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Brownsville and Laredo?

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

Which is bigger, Brownsville or Laredo?

Laredo, with 261,260 residents in July 2024 against 191,967 for Brownsville, 1.4 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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