Is Beaumont closer to Dallas or closer to Houston?

Austin to Houston is 162 miles. Austin to Dallas is 195 miles.

It is 178 miles from Dallas and 165 miles from Houston.

Houston is much closer to Austin than Dallas.

If using airports as a reference, Austin Airport is 212 miles from Dallas Love Field. Houston Airport is 255 miles from Dallas Love Field. Therefore, Austin is closer to Dallas.

All of Texas, as with other southern states, is closer to Argentina than to Spain. Most of the northern and northwestern US are closer to Spain.