Meet halfway between Los Angeles and New Orleans
The fair place to meet is El Paso, TX — the city closest to the midpoint of Los Angeles and New Orleans. From the farther side that’s about 20 hr 34 min of driving.
Recommended midpoint
El Paso, TX
From Los Angeles
14 hr 40 min
700 mi to El Paso
From New Orleans
20 hr 34 min
981 mi to El Paso
Los Angeles has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 5 hr 54 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Los Angeles and New Orleans are about 1,669 miles apart.
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Meeting in El Paso
Los Angeles and New Orleans are about 1,669 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near El Paso, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 14 hr 40 min of driving on the Los Angeles side and 20 hr 34 min on the New Orleans 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. El Paso still makes a fair, central place for Los Angeles and New Orleans to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.
If El Paso doesn't have what you're after, Albuquerque and San Antonio are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Los Angeles and New Orleans.
Questions
- Where is the halfway point between Los Angeles and New Orleans?
- El Paso, TX is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
- How far apart are they?
- About 1,669 miles by road.
- How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
- Roughly 20 hr 34 min from the farther city to El Paso.
Estimates use straight-line distance and typical road speeds; real drive times vary with route and traffic.