MidRally

Meet halfway between Birmingham and San Diego

The fair place to meet is El Paso, TX — the city closest to the midpoint of Birmingham and San Diego. From the farther side that’s about 24 hr 6 min of driving.

Recommended midpoint

El Paso, TX

From Birmingham

24 hr 6 min

1,149 mi to El Paso

From San Diego

13 hr 9 min

627 mi to El Paso

San Diego has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 10 hr 57 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Birmingham and San Diego are about 1,751 miles apart.

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Meeting in El Paso

Birmingham and San Diego are about 1,751 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 24 hr 6 min of driving on the Birmingham side and 13 hr 9 min on the San Diego 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 Birmingham and San Diego to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.

If El Paso doesn't have what you're after, Albuquerque and Dallas are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Birmingham and San Diego.

Questions

Where is the halfway point between Birmingham and San Diego?
El Paso, TX is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
How far apart are they?
About 1,751 miles by road.
How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
Roughly 24 hr 6 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.