MidRally

Meet halfway between Los Angeles and San Antonio

The fair place to meet is El Paso, TX — the city closest to the midpoint of Los Angeles and San Antonio. From the farther side that’s about 14 hr 40 min of driving.

Recommended midpoint

El Paso, TX

From Los Angeles

14 hr 40 min

700 mi to El Paso

From San Antonio

10 hr 31 min

502 mi to El Paso

San Antonio has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 4 hr 9 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Los Angeles and San Antonio are about 1,202 miles apart.

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Meeting in El Paso

Los Angeles and San Antonio are about 1,202 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 10 hr 31 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. El Paso still makes a fair, central place for Los Angeles and San Antonio to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.

If El Paso doesn't have what you're after, Tucson and Phoenix are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Los Angeles and San Antonio.

Questions

Where is the halfway point between Los Angeles and San Antonio?
El Paso, TX is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
How far apart are they?
About 1,202 miles by road.
How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
Roughly 14 hr 40 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.