Los Angeles · the midpoint
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 →
Meet halfway between Chicago and Honolulu
The fair place to meet is Los Angeles, CA — the city closest to the midpoint of Chicago and Honolulu. From the farther side that’s about 53 hr 41 min of driving.
Recommended midpoint
Los Angeles, CA
From Chicago
36 hr 32 min
1,742 mi to Los Angeles
From Honolulu
53 hr 41 min
2,560 mi to Los Angeles
Chicago has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 17 hr 9 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Chicago and Honolulu are about 4,249 miles apart.
More meetups from Chicago
Meeting in Los Angeles
Chicago and Honolulu are about 4,249 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Los Angeles, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 36 hr 32 min of driving on the Chicago side and 53 hr 41 min on the Honolulu 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. Los Angeles still makes a fair, central place for Chicago and Honolulu to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.
If Los Angeles doesn't have what you're after, San Diego and San Jose are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Chicago and Honolulu.
About the cities
Chicago
Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. Located on the western shore of Lake Michigan, it is the third-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 2.74 million at the 2020 census. Read more →
Honolulu
Honolulu is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Hawaii, located in the Pacific Ocean. It is the county seat of the consolidated City and County of Honolulu, situated along the southeast coast of the island of Oʻahu. Read more →
City descriptions adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); photos via Wikimedia Commons, credited above.
Questions
- Where is the halfway point between Chicago and Honolulu?
- Los Angeles, CA is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
- How far apart are they?
- About 4,249 miles by road.
- How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
- Roughly 53 hr 41 min from the farther city to Los Angeles.
Estimates use straight-line distance and typical road speeds; real drive times vary with route and traffic.