New Orleans · the midpoint
New Orleans is a consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana. Read more →
Meet halfway between Atlanta and San Antonio
The fair place to meet is New Orleans, LA — the city closest to the midpoint of Atlanta and San Antonio. From the farther side that’s about 10 hr 37 min of driving.
Recommended midpoint
New Orleans, LA
From Atlanta
8 hr 54 min
424 mi to New Orleans
From San Antonio
10 hr 37 min
507 mi to New Orleans
Atlanta has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 1 hr 43 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Atlanta and San Antonio are about 881 miles apart.
More meetups from Atlanta
Meeting in New Orleans
Atlanta and San Antonio are about 881 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near New Orleans, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 8 hr 54 min of driving on the Atlanta side and 10 hr 37 min on the San Antonio side — the fairest single meeting point among the cities near the middle.
Over this distance most people will fly rather than drive the whole way. New Orleans still makes a fair, central place for Atlanta and San Antonio to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.
If New Orleans doesn't have what you're after, Memphis and Houston are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Atlanta and San Antonio.
About the cities
Atlanta
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the county seat of Fulton County and extends into neighboring DeKalb County. Read more →
San Antonio
San Antonio is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the seventh-most populous city in the United States, the second-most populous city in Texas, and the second-most populous city in the Southern U.S., with a population of 1.43 million at the 2020 census. Read more →
City descriptions adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); photos via Wikimedia Commons, credited above.
Questions
- Where is the halfway point between Atlanta and San Antonio?
- New Orleans, LA is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
- How far apart are they?
- About 881 miles by road.
- How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
- Roughly 10 hr 37 min from the farther city to New Orleans.
Estimates use straight-line distance and typical road speeds; real drive times vary with route and traffic.