Meet halfway between Memphis and Phoenix
The fair place to meet is Oklahoma City, OK — the city closest to the midpoint of Memphis and Phoenix. From the farther side that’s about 17 hr 37 min of driving.
Recommended midpoint
Oklahoma City, OK
From Memphis
8 hr 50 min
422 mi to Oklahoma City
From Phoenix
17 hr 37 min
840 mi to Oklahoma City
Memphis has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 8 hr 47 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Memphis and Phoenix are about 1,260 miles apart.
More meetups from Memphis
Meeting in Oklahoma City
Memphis and Phoenix are about 1,260 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Oklahoma City, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 8 hr 50 min of driving on the Memphis side and 17 hr 37 min on the Phoenix 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. Oklahoma City still makes a fair, central place for Memphis and Phoenix to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.
If Oklahoma City doesn't have what you're after, Dallas and Albuquerque are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Memphis and Phoenix.
Questions
- Where is the halfway point between Memphis and Phoenix?
- Oklahoma City, OK is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
- How far apart are they?
- About 1,260 miles by road.
- How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
- Roughly 17 hr 37 min from the farther city to Oklahoma City.
Estimates use straight-line distance and typical road speeds; real drive times vary with route and traffic.