Memphis · the midpoint
Memphis is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. Read more →
Meet halfway between Cleveland and Houston
The fair place to meet is Memphis, TN — the city closest to the midpoint of Cleveland and Houston. From the farther side that’s about 13 hr 13 min of driving.
Recommended midpoint
Memphis, TN
From Cleveland
13 hr 13 min
630 mi to Memphis
From Houston
10 hr 9 min
484 mi to Memphis
Houston has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 3 hr 4 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Cleveland and Houston are about 1,114 miles apart.
More meetups from Cleveland
Meeting in Memphis
Cleveland and Houston are about 1,114 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Memphis, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 13 hr 13 min of driving on the Cleveland side and 10 hr 9 min on the Houston 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 Cleveland and Houston to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.
If Memphis doesn't have what you're after, Nashville and Birmingham are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Cleveland and Houston.
About the cities
Cleveland
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the lake from Ontario, Canada, and is approximately 60 miles west of the Ohio–Pennsylvania state line. Read more →
Houston
Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the Southern United States. It is the fourth-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 2.3 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 Cleveland and Houston?
- Memphis, TN is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
- How far apart are they?
- About 1,114 miles by road.
- How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
- Roughly 13 hr 13 min from the farther city to Memphis.
Estimates use straight-line distance and typical road speeds; real drive times vary with route and traffic.