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 Detroit and Honolulu
The fair place to meet is Los Angeles, CA — the city closest to the midpoint of Detroit and Honolulu. From the farther side that’s about 53 hr 41 min of driving.
Recommended midpoint
Los Angeles, CA
From Detroit
41 hr 30 min
1,979 mi to Los Angeles
From Honolulu
53 hr 41 min
2,560 mi to Los Angeles
Detroit has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 12 hr 11 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Detroit and Honolulu are about 4,480 miles apart.
More meetups from Detroit
Meeting in Los Angeles
Detroit and Honolulu are about 4,480 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 41 hr 30 min of driving on the Detroit 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 Detroit 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 Detroit and Honolulu.
About the cities
Detroit
Detroit is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated on the bank of the Detroit River across from the Canadian city of Windsor, Ontario. It is the 26th-most populous city in the United States and the largest U.S. 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 Detroit 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 4,480 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.