Meet halfway between New Orleans and San Diego
The fair place to meet is El Paso, TX — the city closest to the midpoint of New Orleans and San Diego. From the farther side that’s about 20 hr 34 min of driving.
Recommended midpoint
El Paso, TX
From New Orleans
20 hr 34 min
981 mi to El Paso
From San Diego
13 hr 9 min
627 mi to El Paso
San Diego has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 7 hr 25 min. The alternatives below can even it out. New Orleans and San Diego are about 1,606 miles apart.
More meetups from New Orleans
Meeting in El Paso
New Orleans and San Diego are about 1,606 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 20 hr 34 min of driving on the New Orleans side and 13 hr 9 min on the San Diego 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 New Orleans and San Diego 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 New Orleans and San Diego.
Questions
- Where is the halfway point between New Orleans and San Diego?
- El Paso, TX is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
- How far apart are they?
- About 1,606 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.