Birmingham · the midpoint
Birmingham is a city in the north central region of Alabama, United States. It is the third-most populous city in the state, with an estimated population of 196,357 as of 2024. Read more →
Meet halfway between Austin and Raleigh
The fair place to meet is Birmingham, AL — the city closest to the midpoint of Austin and Raleigh. From the farther side that’s about 14 hr 14 min of driving.
Recommended midpoint
Birmingham, AL
From Austin
14 hr 14 min
679 mi to Birmingham
From Raleigh
10 hr 16 min
490 mi to Birmingham
Raleigh has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 3 hr 58 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Austin and Raleigh are about 1,168 miles apart.
More meetups from Austin
Meeting in Birmingham
Austin and Raleigh are about 1,168 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Birmingham, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 14 hr 14 min of driving on the Austin side and 10 hr 16 min on the Raleigh 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. Birmingham still makes a fair, central place for Austin and Raleigh to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.
If Birmingham doesn't have what you're after, Memphis and Atlanta are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Austin and Raleigh.
About the cities
Austin
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas. With a population of 961,855 at the 2020 census, it is the 12th-most populous city in the U.S., fifth-most populous city in Texas, and second-most populous U.S. Read more →
Raleigh
Raleigh is the capital city of the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the second-most populous city in the state, tenth most populous city in the Southeast, the largest city in the Research Triangle area, and the 39th-most populous city in the U.S. Read more →
City descriptions adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); photos via Wikimedia Commons, credited above.
Questions
- Where is the halfway point between Austin and Raleigh?
- Birmingham, AL is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
- How far apart are they?
- About 1,168 miles by road.
- How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
- Roughly 14 hr 14 min from the farther city to Birmingham.
Estimates use straight-line distance and typical road speeds; real drive times vary with route and traffic.