Minneapolis · the midpoint
Minneapolis is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, and its county seat. With a population of 429,954 as of the 2020 census, it is the state's most populous city. Read more →
Meet halfway between Buffalo and Seattle
The fair place to meet is Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN — the city closest to the midpoint of Buffalo and Seattle. From the farther side that’s about 29 hr 10 min of driving.
Recommended midpoint
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
From Buffalo
15 hr 17 min
729 mi to Minneapolis
From Seattle
29 hr 10 min
1,391 mi to Minneapolis
Buffalo has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 13 hr 53 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Buffalo and Seattle are about 2,111 miles apart.
More meetups from Buffalo
Meeting in Minneapolis
Buffalo and Seattle are about 2,111 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Minneapolis, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 15 hr 17 min of driving on the Buffalo side and 29 hr 10 min on the Seattle 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. Minneapolis still makes a fair, central place for Buffalo and Seattle to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.
If Minneapolis doesn't have what you're after, Omaha and Denver are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Buffalo and Seattle.
About the cities
Buffalo
Buffalo is a city in the U.S. state of New York. It lies in Western New York on the eastern shore of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River on the Canada–United States border. Read more →
Seattle
Seattle is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. Read more →
City descriptions adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); photos via Wikimedia Commons, credited above.
Questions
- Where is the halfway point between Buffalo and Seattle?
- Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
- How far apart are they?
- About 2,111 miles by road.
- How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
- Roughly 29 hr 10 min from the farther city to Minneapolis.
Estimates use straight-line distance and typical road speeds; real drive times vary with route and traffic.