Birmingham · the midpoint
Birmingham is a city in the north central region of Alabama, United States. It is the third-most populous city in the state, with an estimated population of 196,357 as of 2024. Read more →
Meet halfway between Raleigh and San Antonio
The fair place to meet is Birmingham, AL — the city closest to the midpoint of Raleigh and San Antonio. From the farther side that’s about 15 hr 36 min of driving.
Recommended midpoint
Birmingham, AL
From Raleigh
10 hr 16 min
490 mi to Birmingham
From San Antonio
15 hr 36 min
744 mi to Birmingham
Raleigh has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 5 hr 20 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Raleigh and San Antonio are about 1,234 miles apart.
More meetups from Raleigh
Meeting in Birmingham
Raleigh and San Antonio are about 1,234 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Birmingham, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 10 hr 16 min of driving on the Raleigh side and 15 hr 36 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. Birmingham still makes a fair, central place for Raleigh and San Antonio to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.
If Birmingham doesn't have what you're after, Memphis and New Orleans are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Raleigh and San Antonio.
About the cities
Raleigh
Raleigh is the capital city of the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the second-most populous city in the state, tenth most populous city in the Southeast, the largest city in the Research Triangle area, and the 39th-most populous city in the U.S. Read more →
San Antonio
San Antonio is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the seventh-most populous city in the United States, the second-most populous city in Texas, and the second-most populous city in the Southern U.S., with a population of 1.43 million at the 2020 census. Read more →
City descriptions adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); photos via Wikimedia Commons, credited above.
Questions
- Where is the halfway point between Raleigh and San Antonio?
- Birmingham, AL is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
- How far apart are they?
- About 1,234 miles by road.
- How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
- Roughly 15 hr 36 min from the farther city to Birmingham.
Estimates use straight-line distance and typical road speeds; real drive times vary with route and traffic.