Texas

Distance from McAllen to Sugar Land

Straight-line distance

282.1mi

McAllen, TX and Sugar Land, TX are 282.1 miles (454.0 km) apart in a straight line. From McAllen, the shortest path starts out heading NE (34°).

kilometers
454.0
nautical miles
245.1
heading from McAllen
34° NE
heading from Sugar Land
215° SW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far McAllen is from Sugar Land

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of McAllen and Sugar Land is 282.1 miles, 454.0 km or 245.1 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 282.1 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
282.1
Kilometers
454.0
Nautical miles
245.1
Bearing from McAllen
33.8° NE
Bearing arriving at Sugar Land
35.0°
Bearing from Sugar Land
215.0° SW

Halfway between McAllen and Sugar Land

The great-circle midpoint is at 27.915058, -96.960292 (27°54'54.21"N 96°57'37.05"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Aransas Pass, TX, with 8,742 residents, 8.7 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, McAllen gets 13 h 47 min of daylight and Sugar Land 14 h 03 min; on December 21, 10 h 30 min and 10 h 15 min. Sugar Land is 3.37° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

McAllen has 1.4 times the population of Sugar Land. From July 2020 to July 2024, McAllen changed by +4.5% and Sugar Land by -0.9%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01McAllen, TX148,782 (+4.5%)
  2. 02Sugar Land, TX109,851 (-0.9%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is McAllen from Sugar Land?

282.1 miles, 454.0 km or 245.1 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Sugar Land from McAllen?

NE. The great-circle path leaves McAllen on a bearing of 33.8° and arrives at Sugar Land on 35.0°. The return trip starts on 215.0°.

What is halfway between McAllen and Sugar Land?

The midpoint is at 27.915058, -96.960292. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Aransas Pass, TX, 8.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between McAllen and Sugar Land?

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

Which is bigger, McAllen or Sugar Land?

McAllen, with 148,782 residents in July 2024 against 109,851 for Sugar Land, 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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