Texas

Distance from Killeen to New Braunfels

Straight-line distance

97.9mi

Killeen, TX and New Braunfels, TX are 97.9 miles (157.6 km) apart in a straight line. From Killeen, the shortest path starts out heading SSW (194°).

kilometers
157.6
nautical miles
85.1
heading from Killeen
194° SSW
heading from New Braunfels
13° NNE
KilleenNew Braunfels

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

How far Killeen is from New Braunfels

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Killeen and New Braunfels is 97.9 miles, 157.6 km or 85.1 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 97.9 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
97.9
Kilometers
157.6
Nautical miles
85.1
Bearing from Killeen
193.6° SSW
Bearing arriving at New Braunfels
193.4°
Bearing from New Braunfels
13.4° NNE

Halfway between Killeen and New Braunfels

The great-circle midpoint is at 30.388640, -97.924901 (30°23'19.10"N 97°55'29.64"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Lakeway, TX, with 19,056 residents, 4.3 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, Killeen gets 14 h 10 min of daylight and New Braunfels 14 h 03 min; on December 21, 10 h 08 min and 10 h 14 min. Killeen is 1.38° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Killeen has 1.4 times the population of New Braunfels. From July 2020 to July 2024, Killeen changed by +4.5% and New Braunfels by +27.0%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Killeen, TX160,616 (+4.5%)
  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 Killeen from New Braunfels?

97.9 miles, 157.6 km or 85.1 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is New Braunfels from Killeen?

SSW. The great-circle path leaves Killeen on a bearing of 193.6° and arrives at New Braunfels on 193.4°. The return trip starts on 13.4°.

What is halfway between Killeen and New Braunfels?

The midpoint is at 30.388640, -97.924901. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Lakeway, TX, 4.3 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Killeen and New Braunfels?

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

Which is bigger, Killeen or New Braunfels?

Killeen, with 160,616 residents in July 2024 against 116,477 for New Braunfels, 1.4 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)

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