Texas

Distance from Brownsville to New Braunfels

Straight-line distance

259.1mi

Brownsville, TX and New Braunfels, TX are 259.1 miles (417.0 km) apart in a straight line. From Brownsville, the shortest path starts out heading N (351°).

kilometers
417.0
nautical miles
225.1
heading from Brownsville
351° N
heading from New Braunfels
171° S
BrownsvilleNew Braunfels

Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Brownsville is from New Braunfels

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Brownsville and New Braunfels is 259.1 miles, 417.0 km or 225.1 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 259.1 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
259.1
Kilometers
417.0
Nautical miles
225.1
Bearing from Brownsville
351.1° N
Bearing arriving at New Braunfels
350.8°
Bearing from New Braunfels
170.8° S

Halfway between Brownsville and New Braunfels

The great-circle midpoint is at 27.847898, -97.777277 (27°50'52.43"N 97°46'38.20"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Robstown, TX, with 10,383 residents, 7.6 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 New Braunfels 14 h 03 min; on December 21, 10 h 31 min and 10 h 14 min. New Braunfels is 3.70° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Brownsville has 1.6 times the population of New Braunfels. From July 2020 to July 2024, Brownsville changed by +2.8% and New Braunfels by +27.0%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Brownsville, TX191,967 (+2.8%)
  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 Brownsville from New Braunfels?

259.1 miles, 417.0 km or 225.1 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is New Braunfels from Brownsville?

N. The great-circle path leaves Brownsville on a bearing of 351.1° and arrives at New Braunfels on 350.8°. The return trip starts on 170.8°.

What is halfway between Brownsville and New Braunfels?

The midpoint is at 27.847898, -97.777277. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Robstown, TX, 7.6 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Brownsville and New Braunfels?

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

Which is bigger, Brownsville or New Braunfels?

Brownsville, with 191,967 residents in July 2024 against 116,477 for New Braunfels, 1.6 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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