Nebraska to Kansas

Distance from Lincoln to Topeka

Straight-line distance

133.2mi

Lincoln, NE and Topeka, KS are 133.2 miles (214.4 km) apart in a straight line. From Lincoln, the shortest path starts out heading SSE (157°).

kilometers
214.4
nautical miles
115.7
heading from Lincoln
157° SSE
heading from Topeka
337° NNW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Lincoln is from Topeka

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Lincoln and Topeka is 133.2 miles, 214.4 km or 115.7 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 133.2 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
133.2
Kilometers
214.4
Nautical miles
115.7
Bearing from Lincoln
156.8° SSE
Bearing arriving at Topeka
157.4°
Bearing from Topeka
337.4° NNW

Halfway between Lincoln and Topeka

The great-circle midpoint is at 39.923528, -96.179204 (39°55'24.70"N 96°10'45.14"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Seneca, KS, with 2,141 residents, 8.3 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, Lincoln gets 15 h 06 min of daylight and Topeka 14 h 55 min; on December 21, 9 h 15 min and 9 h 26 min. Lincoln is 1.78° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Lincoln has 2.4 times the population of Topeka. From July 2020 to July 2024, Lincoln changed by +3.0% and Topeka by -0.8%. The trip crosses from Nebraska into Kansas.

  1. 01Lincoln, NE300,619 (+3.0%)
  2. 02Topeka, KS125,467 (-0.8%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Lincoln from Topeka?

133.2 miles, 214.4 km or 115.7 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Topeka from Lincoln?

SSE. The great-circle path leaves Lincoln on a bearing of 156.8° and arrives at Topeka on 157.4°. The return trip starts on 337.4°.

What is halfway between Lincoln and Topeka?

The midpoint is at 39.923528, -96.179204. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Seneca, KS, 8.3 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Lincoln and Topeka?

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

Which is bigger, Lincoln or Topeka?

Lincoln, with 300,619 residents in July 2024 against 125,467 for Topeka, 2.4 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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