Texas

Distance from Conroe to Houston

Straight-line distance

38.0mi

Conroe, TX and Houston, TX are 38.0 miles (61.1 km) apart in a straight line. From Conroe, the shortest path starts out heading S (171°).

kilometers
61.1
nautical miles
33.0
heading from Conroe
171° S
heading from Houston
351° N
ConroeHouston

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

How far Conroe is from Houston

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Conroe and Houston is 38.0 miles, 61.1 km or 33.0 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 38.0 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
38.0
Kilometers
61.1
Nautical miles
33.0
Bearing from Conroe
171.3° S
Bearing arriving at Houston
171.3°
Bearing from Houston
351.3° N

Halfway between Conroe and Houston

The great-circle midpoint is at 30.057209, -95.436569 (30°03'25.95"N 95°26'11.65"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Oak Ridge North, TX, with 3,003 residents, 6.9 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, Conroe gets 14 h 06 min of daylight and Houston 14 h 04 min; on December 21, 10 h 11 min and 10 h 14 min. Conroe is 0.54° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Houston has 20.9 times the population of Conroe. From July 2020 to July 2024, Conroe changed by +25.6% and Houston by +4.0%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Conroe, TX114,581 (+25.6%)
  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 Conroe from Houston?

38.0 miles, 61.1 km or 33.0 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Houston from Conroe?

S. The great-circle path leaves Conroe on a bearing of 171.3° and arrives at Houston on 171.3°. The return trip starts on 351.3°.

What is halfway between Conroe and Houston?

The midpoint is at 30.057209, -95.436569. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Oak Ridge North, TX, 6.9 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Conroe and Houston?

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

Which is bigger, Conroe or Houston?

Houston, with 2,390,125 residents in July 2024 against 114,581 for Conroe, 20.9 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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