MidRally

Meet halfway between Miami and Seattle

The fair place to meet is Oklahoma City, OK — the city closest to the midpoint of Miami and Seattle. From the farther side that’s about 31 hr 56 min of driving.

Oklahoma City, OK
Oklahoma City, OK — the midpoint Photo: Urbanative / CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons

Recommended midpoint

Oklahoma City, OK

From Miami

25 hr 43 min

1,226 mi to Oklahoma City

From Seattle

31 hr 56 min

1,523 mi to Oklahoma City

Miami has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 6 hr 13 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Miami and Seattle are about 2,732 miles apart.

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Meeting in Oklahoma City

Miami and Seattle are about 2,732 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 25 hr 43 min of driving on the Miami side and 31 hr 56 min on the Seattle 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 Miami and Seattle to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.

If Oklahoma City doesn't have what you're after, Denver and Albuquerque are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Miami and Seattle.

About the cities

Oklahoma City · the midpoint

Oklahoma City, often shortened to OKC, is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It is the 21st-most populous U.S. city and 8th largest in the Southern United States, with a population of 681,054 at the 2020 census. Read more →

Miami

Miami is a coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida. It is the second-most populous city proper in Florida, with a population of 442,241 at the 2020 census. Read more →

Seattle

Seattle is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. Read more →

City descriptions adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); photos via Wikimedia Commons, credited above.

Questions

Where is the halfway point between Miami and Seattle?
Oklahoma City, OK is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
How far apart are they?
About 2,732 miles by road.
How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
Roughly 31 hr 56 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.