Texas

Distance from Odessa to San Angelo

Straight-line distance

115.5mi

Odessa, TX and San Angelo, TX are 115.5 miles (185.9 km) apart in a straight line. From Odessa, the shortest path starts out heading ESE (105°).

kilometers
185.9
nautical miles
100.4
heading from Odessa
105° ESE
heading from San Angelo
286° WNW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Odessa is from San Angelo

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Odessa and San Angelo is 115.5 miles, 185.9 km or 100.4 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 115.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
115.5
Kilometers
185.9
Nautical miles
100.4
Bearing from Odessa
104.7° ESE
Bearing arriving at San Angelo
105.7°
Bearing from San Angelo
285.7° WNW

Halfway between Odessa and San Angelo

The great-circle midpoint is at 31.664300, -101.395660 (31°39'51.48"N 101°23'44.37"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Sterling City, TX, with 1,127 residents, 27.0 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, Odessa gets 14 h 14 min of daylight and San Angelo 14 h 12 min; on December 21, 10 h 04 min and 10 h 06 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Odessa has 1.2 times the population of San Angelo. From July 2020 to July 2024, Odessa changed by +4.2% and San Angelo by +0.1%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Odessa, TX119,748 (+4.2%)
  2. 02San Angelo, TX100,159 (+0.1%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Odessa from San Angelo?

115.5 miles, 185.9 km or 100.4 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is San Angelo from Odessa?

ESE. The great-circle path leaves Odessa on a bearing of 104.7° and arrives at San Angelo on 105.7°. The return trip starts on 285.7°.

What is halfway between Odessa and San Angelo?

The midpoint is at 31.664300, -101.395660. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Sterling City, TX, 27.0 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Odessa and San Angelo?

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

Which is bigger, Odessa or San Angelo?

Odessa, with 119,748 residents in July 2024 against 100,159 for San Angelo, 1.2 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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