MidRally

Meet halfway between Omaha and San Diego

The fair place to meet is Albuquerque, NM — the city closest to the midpoint of Omaha and San Diego. From the farther side that’s about 15 hr 7 min of driving.

Albuquerque, NM
Albuquerque, NM — the midpoint Photo: Quintin Soloviev / CC BY 4.0 · Commons

Recommended midpoint

Albuquerque, NM

From Omaha

15 hr 7 min

721 mi to Albuquerque

From San Diego

13 hr 5 min

624 mi to Albuquerque

San Diego has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 2 hr 2 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Omaha and San Diego are about 1,307 miles apart.

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Meeting in Albuquerque

Omaha and San Diego are about 1,307 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Albuquerque, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 15 hr 7 min of driving on the Omaha side and 13 hr 5 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. Albuquerque still makes a fair, central place for Omaha and San Diego to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.

If Albuquerque doesn't have what you're after, Denver and El Paso are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Omaha and San Diego.

About the cities

Albuquerque · the midpoint

Albuquerque is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Founded in 1706 as La Villa de Alburquerque by Santa Fe de Nuevo México governor Francisco Cuervo y Valdés, and named in honor of Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 10th Duke of Alburquerque… Read more →

Omaha

Omaha is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nebraska. It is located in the Midwestern United States along the Missouri River, about 10 mi (15 km) north of the mouth of the Platte River. Read more →

San Diego

San Diego is a city on the Pacific coast of Southern California, adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. It is the eighth-most populous city in the U.S. Read more →

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

Questions

Where is the halfway point between Omaha and San Diego?
Albuquerque, NM is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
How far apart are they?
About 1,307 miles by road.
How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
Roughly 15 hr 7 min from the farther city to Albuquerque.

Estimates use straight-line distance and typical road speeds; real drive times vary with route and traffic.