Kansas

Distance from Topeka to Wichita

Straight-line distance

128.9mi

Topeka, KS and Wichita, KS are 128.9 miles (207.4 km) apart in a straight line. From Topeka, the shortest path starts out heading SW (224°).

kilometers
207.4
nautical miles
112.0
heading from Topeka
224° SW
heading from Wichita
43° NE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Topeka is from Wichita

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Topeka and Wichita is 128.9 miles, 207.4 km or 112.0 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 128.9 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
128.9
Kilometers
207.4
Nautical miles
112.0
Bearing from Topeka
224.4° SW
Bearing arriving at Wichita
223.4°
Bearing from Wichita
43.4° NE

Halfway between Topeka and Wichita

The great-circle midpoint is at 38.365539, -96.528659 (38°21'55.94"N 96°31'43.17"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Emporia, KS, with 24,354 residents, 18.4 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, Topeka gets 14 h 55 min of daylight and Wichita 14 h 46 min; on December 21, 9 h 26 min and 9 h 33 min. Topeka is 1.34° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Wichita has 3.2 times the population of Topeka. From July 2020 to July 2024, Topeka changed by -0.8% and Wichita by +0.7%. Both are in Kansas.

  1. 01Topeka, KS125,467 (-0.8%)
  2. 02Wichita, KS400,991 (+0.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Topeka from Wichita?

128.9 miles, 207.4 km or 112.0 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Wichita from Topeka?

SW. The great-circle path leaves Topeka on a bearing of 224.4° and arrives at Wichita on 223.4°. The return trip starts on 43.4°.

What is halfway between Topeka and Wichita?

The midpoint is at 38.365539, -96.528659. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Emporia, KS, 18.4 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Topeka and Wichita?

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

Which is bigger, Topeka or Wichita?

Wichita, with 400,991 residents in July 2024 against 125,467 for Topeka, 3.2 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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