Texas

Distance from Laredo to McAllen

Straight-line distance

119.9mi

Laredo, TX and McAllen, TX are 119.9 miles (193.0 km) apart in a straight line. From Laredo, the shortest path starts out heading SE (140°).

kilometers
193.0
nautical miles
104.2
heading from Laredo
140° SE
heading from McAllen
321° NW
LaredoMcAllen

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

How far Laredo is from McAllen

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Laredo and McAllen is 119.9 miles, 193.0 km or 104.2 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 119.9 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
119.9
Kilometers
193.0
Nautical miles
104.2
Bearing from Laredo
140.0° SE
Bearing arriving at McAllen
140.6°
Bearing from McAllen
320.6° NW

Halfway between Laredo and McAllen

The great-circle midpoint is at 26.894060, -98.863976 (26°53'38.62"N 98°51'50.31"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Escobares, TX, with 2,589 residents, 33.8 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, Laredo gets 13 h 53 min of daylight and McAllen 13 h 47 min; on December 21, 10 h 24 min and 10 h 30 min. Laredo is 1.34° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Laredo has 1.8 times the population of McAllen. From July 2020 to July 2024, Laredo changed by +2.3% and McAllen by +4.5%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Laredo, TX261,260 (+2.3%)
  2. 02McAllen, TX148,782 (+4.5%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Laredo from McAllen?

119.9 miles, 193.0 km or 104.2 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is McAllen from Laredo?

SE. The great-circle path leaves Laredo on a bearing of 140.0° and arrives at McAllen on 140.6°. The return trip starts on 320.6°.

What is halfway between Laredo and McAllen?

The midpoint is at 26.894060, -98.863976. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Escobares, TX, 33.8 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Laredo and McAllen?

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

Which is bigger, Laredo or McAllen?

Laredo, with 261,260 residents in July 2024 against 148,782 for McAllen, 1.8 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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