Texas

Distance from Dallas to Waco

Straight-line distance

88.9mi

Dallas, TX and Waco, TX are 88.9 miles (143.0 km) apart in a straight line. From Dallas, the shortest path starts out heading SSW (196°).

kilometers
143.0
nautical miles
77.2
heading from Dallas
196° SSW
heading from Waco
16° NNE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Dallas is from Waco

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Dallas and Waco is 88.9 miles, 143.0 km or 77.2 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 88.9 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
88.9
Kilometers
143.0
Nautical miles
77.2
Bearing from Dallas
196.3° SSW
Bearing arriving at Waco
196.1°
Bearing from Waco
16.1° NNE

Halfway between Dallas and Waco

The great-circle midpoint is at 32.175826, -96.979535 (32°10'32.97"N 96°58'46.33"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Italy, TX, with 2,130 residents, 5.5 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, Dallas gets 14 h 19 min of daylight and Waco 14 h 13 min; on December 21, 9 h 59 min and 10 h 05 min. Dallas is 1.24° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Dallas has 9.0 times the population of Waco. From July 2020 to July 2024, Dallas changed by +1.7% and Waco by +4.3%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Dallas, TX1,326,087 (+1.7%)
  2. 02Waco, TX146,608 (+4.3%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Dallas from Waco?

88.9 miles, 143.0 km or 77.2 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Waco from Dallas?

SSW. The great-circle path leaves Dallas on a bearing of 196.3° and arrives at Waco on 196.1°. The return trip starts on 16.1°.

What is halfway between Dallas and Waco?

The midpoint is at 32.175826, -96.979535. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Italy, TX, 5.5 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Dallas and Waco?

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

Which is bigger, Dallas or Waco?

Dallas, with 1,326,087 residents in July 2024 against 146,608 for Waco, 9.0 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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