Texas

Distance from New Braunfels to Waco

Straight-line distance

139.7mi

New Braunfels, TX and Waco, TX are 139.7 miles (224.8 km) apart in a straight line. From New Braunfels, the shortest path starts out heading NNE (23°).

kilometers
224.8
nautical miles
121.4
heading from New Braunfels
23° NNE
heading from Waco
203° SSW
New BraunfelsWaco

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

How far New Braunfels is from Waco

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of New Braunfels and Waco is 139.7 miles, 224.8 km or 121.4 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 139.7 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
139.7
Kilometers
224.8
Nautical miles
121.4
Bearing from New Braunfels
23.0° NNE
Bearing arriving at Waco
23.4°
Bearing from Waco
203.4° SSW

Halfway between New Braunfels and Waco

The great-circle midpoint is at 30.629469, -97.656844 (30°37'46.09"N 97°39'24.64"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Georgetown, TX, with 101,344 residents, 3.7 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, New Braunfels gets 14 h 03 min of daylight and Waco 14 h 13 min; on December 21, 10 h 14 min and 10 h 05 min. Waco is 1.86° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Waco has 1.3 times the population of New Braunfels. From July 2020 to July 2024, New Braunfels changed by +27.0% and Waco by +4.3%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01New Braunfels, TX116,477 (+27.0%)
  2. 02Waco, TX146,608 (+4.3%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is New Braunfels from Waco?

139.7 miles, 224.8 km or 121.4 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Waco from New Braunfels?

NNE. The great-circle path leaves New Braunfels on a bearing of 23.0° and arrives at Waco on 23.4°. The return trip starts on 203.4°.

What is halfway between New Braunfels and Waco?

The midpoint is at 30.629469, -97.656844. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Georgetown, TX, 3.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between New Braunfels and Waco?

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

Which is bigger, New Braunfels or Waco?

Waco, with 146,608 residents in July 2024 against 116,477 for New Braunfels, 1.3 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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