Texas

Distance from Corpus Christi to McAllen

Straight-line distance

124.6mi

Corpus Christi, TX and McAllen, TX are 124.6 miles (200.5 km) apart in a straight line. From Corpus Christi, the shortest path starts out heading SSW (212°).

kilometers
200.5
nautical miles
108.3
heading from Corpus Christi
212° SSW
heading from McAllen
32° NNE
Corpus ChristiMcAllen

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

How far Corpus Christi is from McAllen

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Corpus Christi and McAllen is 124.6 miles, 200.5 km or 108.3 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 124.6 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
124.6
Kilometers
200.5
Nautical miles
108.3
Bearing from Corpus Christi
212.3° SSW
Bearing arriving at McAllen
211.8°
Bearing from McAllen
31.8° NNE

Halfway between Corpus Christi and McAllen

The great-circle midpoint is at 26.990665, -97.713396 (26°59'26.39"N 97°42'48.23"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Falfurrias, TX, with 4,351 residents, 31.1 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 McAllen 13 h 47 min; on December 21, 10 h 23 min and 10 h 30 min. Corpus Christi is 1.53° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Corpus Christi has 2.1 times the population of McAllen. From July 2020 to July 2024, Corpus Christi changed by -0.3% and McAllen by +4.5%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Corpus Christi, TX317,317 (-0.3%)
  2. 02McAllen, TX148,782 (+4.5%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Corpus Christi from McAllen?

124.6 miles, 200.5 km or 108.3 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is McAllen from Corpus Christi?

SSW. The great-circle path leaves Corpus Christi on a bearing of 212.3° and arrives at McAllen on 211.8°. The return trip starts on 31.8°.

What is halfway between Corpus Christi and McAllen?

The midpoint is at 26.990665, -97.713396. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Falfurrias, TX, 31.1 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Corpus Christi and McAllen?

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

Which is bigger, Corpus Christi or McAllen?

Corpus Christi, with 317,317 residents in July 2024 against 148,782 for McAllen, 2.1 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.