Texas

Distance from Lubbock to Midland

Straight-line distance

107.0mi

Lubbock, TX and Midland, TX are 107.0 miles (172.2 km) apart in a straight line. From Lubbock, the shortest path starts out heading S (187°).

kilometers
172.2
nautical miles
93.0
heading from Lubbock
187° S
heading from Midland
7° N
LubbockMidland

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

How far Lubbock is from Midland

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Lubbock and Midland is 107.0 miles, 172.2 km or 93.0 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 107.0 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
107.0
Kilometers
172.2
Nautical miles
93.0
Bearing from Lubbock
187.1° S
Bearing arriving at Midland
186.9°
Bearing from Midland
6.9° N

Halfway between Lubbock and Midland

The great-circle midpoint is at 32.793300, -102.002171 (32°47'35.88"N 102°00'7.81"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Lamesa, TX, with 8,108 residents, 5.0 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, Lubbock gets 14 h 23 min of daylight and Midland 14 h 15 min; on December 21, 9 h 56 min and 10 h 03 min. Lubbock is 1.54° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Lubbock has 1.9 times the population of Midland. From July 2020 to July 2024, Lubbock changed by +5.4% and Midland by +7.8%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Lubbock, TX272,086 (+5.4%)
  2. 02Midland, TX143,687 (+7.8%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Lubbock from Midland?

107.0 miles, 172.2 km or 93.0 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Midland from Lubbock?

S. The great-circle path leaves Lubbock on a bearing of 187.1° and arrives at Midland on 186.9°. The return trip starts on 6.9°.

What is halfway between Lubbock and Midland?

The midpoint is at 32.793300, -102.002171. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Lamesa, TX, 5.0 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Lubbock and Midland?

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

Which is bigger, Lubbock or Midland?

Lubbock, with 272,086 residents in July 2024 against 143,687 for Midland, 1.9 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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