Texas

Distance from Fort Worth to Lubbock

Straight-line distance

268.0mi

Fort Worth, TX and Lubbock, TX are 268.0 miles (431.4 km) apart in a straight line. From Fort Worth, the shortest path starts out heading WNW (283°).

kilometers
431.4
nautical miles
232.9
heading from Fort Worth
283° WNW
heading from Lubbock
100° E
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Fort Worth is from Lubbock

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Fort Worth and Lubbock is 268.0 miles, 431.4 km or 232.9 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 268.0 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
268.0
Kilometers
431.4
Nautical miles
232.9
Bearing from Fort Worth
282.8° WNW
Bearing arriving at Lubbock
280.3°
Bearing from Lubbock
100.3° E

Halfway between Fort Worth and Lubbock

The great-circle midpoint is at 33.192555, -99.608645 (33°11'33.20"N 99°36'31.12"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Haskell, TX, with 3,067 residents, 7.5 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, Fort Worth gets 14 h 19 min of daylight and Lubbock 14 h 23 min; on December 21, 9 h 59 min and 9 h 56 min. Lubbock is 0.78° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Fort Worth has 3.7 times the population of Lubbock. From July 2020 to July 2024, Fort Worth changed by +9.1% and Lubbock by +5.4%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Fort Worth, TX1,008,106 (+9.1%)
  2. 02Lubbock, TX272,086 (+5.4%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Fort Worth from Lubbock?

268.0 miles, 431.4 km or 232.9 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Lubbock from Fort Worth?

WNW. The great-circle path leaves Fort Worth on a bearing of 282.8° and arrives at Lubbock on 280.3°. The return trip starts on 100.3°.

What is halfway between Fort Worth and Lubbock?

The midpoint is at 33.192555, -99.608645. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Haskell, TX, 7.5 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Fort Worth and Lubbock?

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

Which is bigger, Fort Worth or Lubbock?

Fort Worth, with 1,008,106 residents in July 2024 against 272,086 for Lubbock, 3.7 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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