Memphis · the midpoint
Memphis is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. Read more →
Meet halfway between Chicago and San Antonio
The fair place to meet is Memphis, TN — the city closest to the midpoint of Chicago and San Antonio. From the farther side that’s about 13 hr 15 min of driving.
Recommended midpoint
Memphis, TN
From Chicago
10 hr 8 min
483 mi to Memphis
From San Antonio
13 hr 15 min
632 mi to Memphis
Chicago has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 3 hr 7 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Chicago and San Antonio are about 1,053 miles apart.
More meetups from Chicago
Meeting in Memphis
Chicago and San Antonio are about 1,053 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Memphis, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 10 hr 8 min of driving on the Chicago side and 13 hr 15 min on the San Antonio 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. Memphis still makes a fair, central place for Chicago and San Antonio to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.
If Memphis doesn't have what you're after, Oklahoma City and Kansas City are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Chicago and San Antonio.
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 →
San Antonio
San Antonio is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the seventh-most populous city in the United States, the second-most populous city in Texas, and the second-most populous city in the Southern U.S., with a population of 1.43 million at the 2020 census. 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 San Antonio?
- Memphis, TN is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
- How far apart are they?
- About 1,053 miles by road.
- How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
- Roughly 13 hr 15 min from the farther city to Memphis.
Estimates use straight-line distance and typical road speeds; real drive times vary with route and traffic.