Texas

Distance from Edinburg to New Braunfels

Straight-line distance

233.6mi

Edinburg, TX and New Braunfels, TX are 233.6 miles (376.0 km) apart in a straight line. From Edinburg, the shortest path starts out heading N (1°).

kilometers
376.0
nautical miles
203.0
heading from Edinburg
1° N
heading from New Braunfels
181° S
EdinburgNew Braunfels

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

How far Edinburg is from New Braunfels

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Edinburg and New Braunfels is 233.6 miles, 376.0 km or 203.0 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 233.6 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
233.6
Kilometers
376.0
Nautical miles
203.0
Bearing from Edinburg
0.6° N
Bearing arriving at New Braunfels
0.6°
Bearing from New Braunfels
180.6° S

Halfway between Edinburg and New Braunfels

The great-circle midpoint is at 28.008801, -98.134551 (28°00'31.68"N 98°08'4.38"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Orange Grove, TX, with 1,182 residents, 12.5 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 New Braunfels 14 h 03 min; on December 21, 10 h 29 min and 10 h 14 min. New Braunfels is 3.38° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

New Braunfels has 1.1 times the population of Edinburg. From July 2020 to July 2024, Edinburg changed by +7.9% and New Braunfels by +27.0%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Edinburg, TX108,733 (+7.9%)
  2. 02New Braunfels, TX116,477 (+27.0%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Edinburg from New Braunfels?

233.6 miles, 376.0 km or 203.0 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is New Braunfels from Edinburg?

N. The great-circle path leaves Edinburg on a bearing of 0.6° and arrives at New Braunfels on 0.6°. The return trip starts on 180.6°.

What is halfway between Edinburg and New Braunfels?

The midpoint is at 28.008801, -98.134551. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Orange Grove, TX, 12.5 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Edinburg and New Braunfels?

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

Which is bigger, Edinburg or New Braunfels?

New Braunfels, with 116,477 residents in July 2024 against 108,733 for Edinburg, 1.1 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)

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