New Orleans · the midpoint
New Orleans is a consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana. Read more →
Meet halfway between Houston and Orlando
The fair place to meet is New Orleans, LA — the city closest to the midpoint of Houston and Orlando. From the farther side that’s about 11 hr 10 min of driving.
Recommended midpoint
New Orleans, LA
From Houston
6 hr 40 min
318 mi to New Orleans
From Orlando
11 hr 10 min
533 mi to New Orleans
Houston has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 4 hr 30 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Houston and Orlando are about 848 miles apart.
More meetups from Houston
Meeting in New Orleans
Houston and Orlando are about 848 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near New Orleans, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 6 hr 40 min of driving on the Houston side and 11 hr 10 min on the Orlando 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. New Orleans still makes a fair, central place for Houston and Orlando to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.
If New Orleans doesn't have what you're after, Birmingham and Tampa are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Houston and Orlando.
About the cities
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 →
Orlando
Orlando is a city in and the county seat of Orange County, Florida, United States. Part of Central Florida, it is the fourth-most populous city in the state and its most populous inland city, with a population of 307,573 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 Houston and Orlando?
- New Orleans, LA is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
- How far apart are they?
- About 848 miles by road.
- How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
- Roughly 11 hr 10 min from the farther city to New Orleans.
Estimates use straight-line distance and typical road speeds; real drive times vary with route and traffic.