Texas

Distance from Corpus Christi to Sugar Land

Straight-line distance

157.6mi

Corpus Christi, TX and Sugar Land, TX are 157.6 miles (253.7 km) apart in a straight line. From Corpus Christi, the shortest path starts out heading NE (36°).

kilometers
253.7
nautical miles
137.0
heading from Corpus Christi
36° NE
heading from Sugar Land
217° SW
Corpus ChristiSugar Land

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

How far Corpus Christi is from Sugar Land

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Corpus Christi and Sugar Land is 157.6 miles, 253.7 km or 137.0 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 157.6 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
157.6
Kilometers
253.7
Nautical miles
137.0
Bearing from Corpus Christi
35.9° NE
Bearing arriving at Sugar Land
36.7°
Bearing from Sugar Land
216.7° SW

Halfway between Corpus Christi and Sugar Land

The great-circle midpoint is at 28.675727, -96.410355 (28°40'32.62"N 96°24'37.28"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Palacios, TX, with 4,373 residents, 11.4 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 Sugar Land 14 h 03 min; on December 21, 10 h 23 min and 10 h 15 min. Sugar Land is 1.84° 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 Sugar Land. From July 2020 to July 2024, Corpus Christi changed by -0.3% and Sugar Land by -0.9%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Corpus Christi, TX317,317 (-0.3%)
  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 Corpus Christi from Sugar Land?

157.6 miles, 253.7 km or 137.0 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Sugar Land from Corpus Christi?

NE. The great-circle path leaves Corpus Christi on a bearing of 35.9° and arrives at Sugar Land on 36.7°. The return trip starts on 216.7°.

What is halfway between Corpus Christi and Sugar Land?

The midpoint is at 28.675727, -96.410355. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Palacios, TX, 11.4 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Corpus Christi and Sugar Land?

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

Which is bigger, Corpus Christi or Sugar Land?

Corpus Christi, with 317,317 residents in July 2024 against 109,851 for Sugar Land, 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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