The fair place to meet is Albuquerque, NM — the city closest to the midpoint of Birmingham and Los Angeles. From the farther side that’s about 23 hr 49 min of driving.
Recommended midpoint
Albuquerque, NM
From Birmingham
23 hr 49 min
1,136 mi to Albuquerque
From Los Angeles
13 hr 54 min
663 mi to Albuquerque
Los Angeles has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 9 hr 55 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Birmingham and Los Angeles are about 1,798 miles apart.
Birmingham and Los Angeles are about 1,798 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Albuquerque, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 23 hr 49 min of driving on the Birmingham side and 13 hr 54 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. Albuquerque still makes a fair, central place for Birmingham and Los Angeles to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.
If Albuquerque doesn't have what you're after, El Paso and Oklahoma City are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Birmingham and Los Angeles.
Albuquerque is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Founded in 1706 as La Villa de Alburquerque by Santa Fe de Nuevo México governor Francisco Cuervo y Valdés, and named in honor of Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 10th Duke of Alburquerque… Read more →
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 →
Los Angeles (LA) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. Read more →
City descriptions adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); photos via Wikimedia Commons, credited above.
Estimates use straight-line distance and typical road speeds; real drive times vary with route and traffic.