Texas

Distance from Lubbock to Odessa

Straight-line distance

119.2mi

Lubbock, TX and Odessa, TX are 119.2 miles (191.8 km) apart in a straight line. From Lubbock, the shortest path starts out heading SSW (193°).

kilometers
191.8
nautical miles
103.6
heading from Lubbock
193° SSW
heading from Odessa
13° NNE
LubbockOdessa

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

How far Lubbock is from Odessa

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Lubbock and Odessa is 119.2 miles, 191.8 km or 103.6 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 119.2 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
119.2
Kilometers
191.8
Nautical miles
103.6
Bearing from Lubbock
193.0° SSW
Bearing arriving at Odessa
192.7°
Bearing from Odessa
12.7° NNE

Halfway between Lubbock and Odessa

The great-circle midpoint is at 32.721407, -102.119252 (32°43'17.06"N 102°07'9.31"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Lamesa, TX, with 8,108 residents, 9.6 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 Odessa 14 h 14 min; on December 21, 9 h 56 min and 10 h 04 min. Lubbock is 1.68° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Lubbock has 2.3 times the population of Odessa. From July 2020 to July 2024, Lubbock changed by +5.4% and Odessa by +4.2%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Lubbock, TX272,086 (+5.4%)
  2. 02Odessa, TX119,748 (+4.2%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Lubbock from Odessa?

119.2 miles, 191.8 km or 103.6 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Odessa from Lubbock?

SSW. The great-circle path leaves Lubbock on a bearing of 193.0° and arrives at Odessa on 192.7°. The return trip starts on 12.7°.

What is halfway between Lubbock and Odessa?

The midpoint is at 32.721407, -102.119252. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Lamesa, TX, 9.6 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Lubbock and Odessa?

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

Which is bigger, Lubbock or Odessa?

Lubbock, with 272,086 residents in July 2024 against 119,748 for Odessa, 2.3 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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