Texas

Distance from College Station to Houston

Straight-line distance

77.4mi

College Station, TX and Houston, TX are 77.4 miles (124.6 km) apart in a straight line. From College Station, the shortest path starts out heading SE (135°).

kilometers
124.6
nautical miles
67.3
heading from College Station
135° SE
heading from Houston
316° NW
College StationHouston

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

How far College Station is from Houston

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of College Station and Houston is 77.4 miles, 124.6 km or 67.3 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 77.4 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
77.4
Kilometers
124.6
Nautical miles
67.3
Bearing from College Station
135.3° SE
Bearing arriving at Houston
135.8°
Bearing from Houston
315.8° NW

Halfway between College Station and Houston

The great-circle midpoint is at 30.186231, -95.840758 (30°11'10.43"N 95°50'26.73"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Magnolia, TX, with 6,506 residents, 6.2 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, College Station gets 14 h 08 min of daylight and Houston 14 h 04 min; on December 21, 10 h 10 min and 10 h 14 min. College Station is 0.80° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Houston has 18.7 times the population of College Station. From July 2020 to July 2024, College Station changed by +6.0% and Houston by +4.0%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01College Station, TX128,023 (+6.0%)
  2. 02Houston, TX2,390,125 (+4.0%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is College Station from Houston?

77.4 miles, 124.6 km or 67.3 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Houston from College Station?

SE. The great-circle path leaves College Station on a bearing of 135.3° and arrives at Houston on 135.8°. The return trip starts on 315.8°.

What is halfway between College Station and Houston?

The midpoint is at 30.186231, -95.840758. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Magnolia, TX, 6.2 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between College Station and Houston?

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

Which is bigger, College Station or Houston?

Houston, with 2,390,125 residents in July 2024 against 128,023 for College Station, 18.7 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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