Texas

Distance from College Station to Sugar Land

Straight-line distance

79.2mi

College Station, TX and Sugar Land, TX are 79.2 miles (127.4 km) apart in a straight line. From College Station, the shortest path starts out heading SSE (150°).

kilometers
127.4
nautical miles
68.8
heading from College Station
150° SSE
heading from Sugar Land
330° NNW
College StationSugar Land

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

How far College Station is from Sugar Land

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of College Station and Sugar Land is 79.2 miles, 127.4 km or 68.8 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 79.2 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
79.2
Kilometers
127.4
Nautical miles
68.8
Bearing from College Station
149.8° SSE
Bearing arriving at Sugar Land
150.2°
Bearing from Sugar Land
330.2° NNW

Halfway between College Station and Sugar Land

The great-circle midpoint is at 30.089415, -95.963437 (30°05'21.90"N 95°57'48.37"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Prairie View, TX, with 8,662 residents, 0.9 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 Sugar Land 14 h 03 min; on December 21, 10 h 10 min and 10 h 15 min. College Station is 0.99° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

College Station has 1.2 times the population of Sugar Land. From July 2020 to July 2024, College Station changed by +6.0% and Sugar Land by -0.9%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01College Station, TX128,023 (+6.0%)
  2. 02Sugar Land, TX109,851 (-0.9%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is College Station from Sugar Land?

79.2 miles, 127.4 km or 68.8 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Sugar Land from College Station?

SSE. The great-circle path leaves College Station on a bearing of 149.8° and arrives at Sugar Land on 150.2°. The return trip starts on 330.2°.

What is halfway between College Station and Sugar Land?

The midpoint is at 30.089415, -95.963437. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Prairie View, TX, 0.9 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between College Station and Sugar Land?

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

Which is bigger, College Station or Sugar Land?

College Station, with 128,023 residents in July 2024 against 109,851 for Sugar Land, 1.2 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)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.