Texas

Distance from Corpus Christi to Edinburg

Straight-line distance

116.1mi

Corpus Christi, TX and Edinburg, TX are 116.1 miles (186.9 km) apart in a straight line. From Corpus Christi, the shortest path starts out heading SSW (212°).

kilometers
186.9
nautical miles
100.9
heading from Corpus Christi
212° SSW
heading from Edinburg
31° NNE
Corpus ChristiEdinburg

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

How far Corpus Christi is from Edinburg

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Corpus Christi and Edinburg is 116.1 miles, 186.9 km or 100.9 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 116.1 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
116.1
Kilometers
186.9
Nautical miles
100.9
Bearing from Corpus Christi
211.5° SSW
Bearing arriving at Edinburg
211.1°
Bearing from Edinburg
31.1° NNE

Halfway between Corpus Christi and Edinburg

The great-circle midpoint is at 27.037148, -97.666534 (27°02'13.73"N 97°39'59.52"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Falfurrias, TX, with 4,351 residents, 32.1 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, Corpus Christi gets 13 h 54 min of daylight and Edinburg 13 h 47 min; on December 21, 10 h 23 min and 10 h 29 min. Corpus Christi is 1.44° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Corpus Christi has 2.9 times the population of Edinburg. From July 2020 to July 2024, Corpus Christi changed by -0.3% and Edinburg by +7.9%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Corpus Christi, TX317,317 (-0.3%)
  2. 02Edinburg, TX108,733 (+7.9%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Corpus Christi from Edinburg?

116.1 miles, 186.9 km or 100.9 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Edinburg from Corpus Christi?

SSW. The great-circle path leaves Corpus Christi on a bearing of 211.5° and arrives at Edinburg on 211.1°. The return trip starts on 31.1°.

What is halfway between Corpus Christi and Edinburg?

The midpoint is at 27.037148, -97.666534. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Falfurrias, TX, 32.1 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Corpus Christi and Edinburg?

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

Which is bigger, Corpus Christi or Edinburg?

Corpus Christi, with 317,317 residents in July 2024 against 108,733 for Edinburg, 2.9 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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