Kansas to Missouri

Distance from Kansas City to Springfield

Straight-line distance

154.8mi

Kansas City, KS and Springfield, MO are 154.8 miles (249.1 km) apart in a straight line. From Kansas City, the shortest path starts out heading SSE (149°).

kilometers
249.1
nautical miles
134.5
heading from Kansas City
149° SSE
heading from Springfield
330° NNW
Kansas CitySpringfield

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

How far Kansas City is from Springfield

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Kansas City and Springfield is 154.8 miles, 249.1 km or 134.5 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 154.8 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
154.8
Kilometers
249.1
Nautical miles
134.5
Bearing from Kansas City
149.0° SSE
Bearing arriving at Springfield
149.9°
Bearing from Springfield
329.9° NNW

Halfway between Kansas City and Springfield

The great-circle midpoint is at 38.160576, -94.007618 (38°09'38.07"N 94°00'27.42"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Appleton City, MO, with 1,080 residents, 2.5 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, Kansas City gets 14 h 55 min of daylight and Springfield 14 h 43 min; on December 21, 9 h 25 min and 9 h 36 min. Kansas City is 1.93° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Springfield has 1.1 times the population of Kansas City. From July 2020 to July 2024, Kansas City changed by +0.3% and Springfield by +0.9%. The trip crosses from Kansas into Missouri.

  1. 01Kansas City, KS156,752 (+0.3%)
  2. 02Springfield, MO170,596 (+0.9%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Kansas City from Springfield?

154.8 miles, 249.1 km or 134.5 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Springfield from Kansas City?

SSE. The great-circle path leaves Kansas City on a bearing of 149.0° and arrives at Springfield on 149.9°. The return trip starts on 329.9°.

What is halfway between Kansas City and Springfield?

The midpoint is at 38.160576, -94.007618. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Appleton City, MO, 2.5 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Kansas City and Springfield?

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

Which is bigger, Kansas City or Springfield?

Springfield, with 170,596 residents in July 2024 against 156,752 for Kansas City, 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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