Texas

Distance from Edinburg to Laredo

Straight-line distance

118.9mi

Edinburg, TX and Laredo, TX are 118.9 miles (191.3 km) apart in a straight line. From Edinburg, the shortest path starts out heading NW (317°).

kilometers
191.3
nautical miles
103.3
heading from Edinburg
317° NW
heading from Laredo
136° SE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Edinburg is from Laredo

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Edinburg and Laredo is 118.9 miles, 191.3 km or 103.3 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 118.9 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
118.9
Kilometers
191.3
Nautical miles
103.3
Bearing from Edinburg
316.5° NW
Bearing arriving at Laredo
315.9°
Bearing from Laredo
135.9° SE

Halfway between Edinburg and Laredo

The great-circle midpoint is at 26.940922, -98.817621 (26°56'27.32"N 98°49'3.43"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Escobares, TX, with 2,589 residents, 37.5 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, Edinburg gets 13 h 47 min of daylight and Laredo 13 h 53 min; on December 21, 10 h 29 min and 10 h 24 min. Laredo is 1.24° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Laredo has 2.4 times the population of Edinburg. From July 2020 to July 2024, Edinburg changed by +7.9% and Laredo by +2.3%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Edinburg, TX108,733 (+7.9%)
  2. 02Laredo, TX261,260 (+2.3%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Edinburg from Laredo?

118.9 miles, 191.3 km or 103.3 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Laredo from Edinburg?

NW. The great-circle path leaves Edinburg on a bearing of 316.5° and arrives at Laredo on 315.9°. The return trip starts on 135.9°.

What is halfway between Edinburg and Laredo?

The midpoint is at 26.940922, -98.817621. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Escobares, TX, 37.5 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Edinburg and Laredo?

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

Which is bigger, Edinburg or Laredo?

Laredo, with 261,260 residents in July 2024 against 108,733 for Edinburg, 2.4 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.