Midpoint Calculator
Find the midpoint between two points.
The exact middle
The midpoint of two points is the point exactly halfway between them, found by averaging their coordinates. This calculates it from two points, a simple but frequently-needed piece of coordinate geometry.
Enter two points to find the midpoint.
Averaging the coordinates
The midpoint is beautifully simple: average the x-coordinates for the middle x, average the y-coordinates for the middle y, and that is the halfway point. It makes intuitive sense, since the average of two numbers is the value midway between them, applied to each direction independently. Midpoints come up constantly in geometry and its applications — finding the centre of a line segment, the centre of a circle from the ends of a diameter, or the balance point between two locations. The idea extends naturally to three dimensions by averaging the third coordinate too. It pairs with the distance formula as one of the two fundamental things you do with a pair of points: find how far apart they are, and find what lies between them.
Questions & answers
How is the midpoint calculated?
By averaging the coordinates — the average of the two x-values gives the middle x, and the average of the two y-values gives the middle y.
What is the midpoint used for?
Finding the centre of a line segment or a circle from a diameter, or the halfway point between two locations.
Is anything uploaded?
No. The calculation happens in your browser.