Texas

Distance from Brownsville to San Antonio

Straight-line distance

248.4mi

Brownsville, TX and San Antonio, TX are 248.4 miles (399.7 km) apart in a straight line. From Brownsville, the shortest path starts out heading NNW (345°).

kilometers
399.7
nautical miles
215.8
heading from Brownsville
345° NNW
heading from San Antonio
164° SSE
BrownsvilleSan Antonio

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

How far Brownsville is from San Antonio

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Brownsville and San Antonio is 248.4 miles, 399.7 km or 215.8 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 248.4 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
248.4
Kilometers
399.7
Nautical miles
215.8
Bearing from Brownsville
344.9° NNW
Bearing arriving at San Antonio
344.4°
Bearing from San Antonio
164.4° SSE

Halfway between Brownsville and San Antonio

The great-circle midpoint is at 27.730286, -97.979158 (27°43'49.03"N 97°58'44.97"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Alice, TX, with 17,595 residents, 5.6 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 San Antonio 14 h 02 min; on December 21, 10 h 31 min and 10 h 15 min. San Antonio is 3.47° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

San Antonio has 8.0 times the population of Brownsville. From July 2020 to July 2024, Brownsville changed by +2.8% and San Antonio by +6.1%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Brownsville, TX191,967 (+2.8%)
  2. 02San Antonio, TX1,526,656 (+6.1%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Brownsville from San Antonio?

248.4 miles, 399.7 km or 215.8 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is San Antonio from Brownsville?

NNW. The great-circle path leaves Brownsville on a bearing of 344.9° and arrives at San Antonio on 344.4°. The return trip starts on 164.4°.

What is halfway between Brownsville and San Antonio?

The midpoint is at 27.730286, -97.979158. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Alice, TX, 5.6 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Brownsville and San Antonio?

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

Which is bigger, Brownsville or San Antonio?

San Antonio, with 1,526,656 residents in July 2024 against 191,967 for Brownsville, 8.0 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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