Meet halfway between Austin and Los Angeles
The fair place to meet is El Paso, TX — the city closest to the midpoint of Austin and Los Angeles. From the farther side that’s about 14 hr 40 min of driving.
Recommended midpoint
El Paso, TX
From Austin
11 hr 4 min
528 mi to El Paso
From Los Angeles
14 hr 40 min
700 mi to El Paso
Austin has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 3 hr 36 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Austin and Los Angeles are about 1,225 miles apart.
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Meeting in El Paso
Austin and Los Angeles are about 1,225 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near El Paso, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 11 hr 4 min of driving on the Austin side and 14 hr 40 min on the Los Angeles 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. El Paso still makes a fair, central place for Austin and Los Angeles to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.
If El Paso doesn't have what you're after, Tucson and Albuquerque are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Austin and Los Angeles.
Questions
- Where is the halfway point between Austin and Los Angeles?
- El Paso, TX is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
- How far apart are they?
- About 1,225 miles by road.
- How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
- Roughly 14 hr 40 min from the farther city to El Paso.
Estimates use straight-line distance and typical road speeds; real drive times vary with route and traffic.