Kansas

Distance from Kansas City to Topeka

Straight-line distance

51.5mi

Kansas City, KS and Topeka, KS are 51.5 miles (83.0 km) apart in a straight line. From Kansas City, the shortest path starts out heading W (264°).

kilometers
83.0
nautical miles
44.8
heading from Kansas City
264° W
heading from Topeka
83° E
Kansas CityTopeka

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

How far Kansas City is from Topeka

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Kansas City and Topeka is 51.5 miles, 83.0 km or 44.8 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 51.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
51.5
Kilometers
83.0
Nautical miles
44.8
Bearing from Kansas City
263.5° W
Bearing arriving at Topeka
262.9°
Bearing from Topeka
82.9° E

Halfway between Kansas City and Topeka

The great-circle midpoint is at 39.079572, -95.219297 (39°04'46.46"N 95°13'9.47"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Tonganoxie, KS, with 6,195 residents, 7.8 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 Topeka 14 h 55 min; on December 21, 9 h 25 min and 9 h 26 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Kansas City has 1.2 times the population of Topeka. From July 2020 to July 2024, Kansas City changed by +0.3% and Topeka by -0.8%. Both are in Kansas.

  1. 01Kansas City, KS156,752 (+0.3%)
  2. 02Topeka, KS125,467 (-0.8%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Kansas City from Topeka?

51.5 miles, 83.0 km or 44.8 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Topeka from Kansas City?

W. The great-circle path leaves Kansas City on a bearing of 263.5° and arrives at Topeka on 262.9°. The return trip starts on 82.9°.

What is halfway between Kansas City and Topeka?

The midpoint is at 39.079572, -95.219297. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Tonganoxie, KS, 7.8 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Kansas City and Topeka?

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

Which is bigger, Kansas City or Topeka?

Kansas City, with 156,752 residents in July 2024 against 125,467 for Topeka, 1.2 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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