#1
Best Places to Meet Halfway Between Abu Dhabi and Lisbon
Best overall match
Madrid, Spain
Best overall balance of travel time, flight price, weather, hotel cost and flight availability.
✈ Abu Dhabi 7h 20m
✈ Lisbon 1h
From €951 combined
The Best Meeting Point for Abu Dhabi and Lisbon: Madrid, Spain
31 destinations can be reached directly from both Abu Dhabi and Lisbon on the same outbound and return dates. Madrid, Spain is our best overall match, while Athens, Greece has the shortest travel time, Athens, Greece has the cheapest flights, Washington, United States has the best weather, Warsaw, Poland has the lowest hotel costs, and Doha, Qatar offers the most matching flight options . You can also search all 31 matching destinations with our destination finder .
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Shortest travel time
Athens, Greece
4h 20m from Abu Dhabi ·
3h 40m from Lisbon
Cheapest flights
Athens, Greece
From €396 combined
Best weather
Washington, United States
22°C
Cheapest hotels
Warsaw, Poland
€40/night
Most flight options
Doha, Qatar
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Athens, Greece
#3
Casablanca, Morocco
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Rome, Italy
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Barcelona, Spain
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Istanbul, Turkey
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Milan, Italy
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Doha, Qatar
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Vienna, Austria
#10
Geneva, Switzerland
#11
Malaga, Spain
#12
Paris, France
#13
Prague, Czechia (Czech Republic)
#14
Warsaw, Poland
#15
Frankfurt, Germany
#16
London, United Kingdom
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Zurich, Switzerland
#18
Munich, Germany
#19
Dusseldorf, Germany
#20
Copenhagen, Denmark
#21
Brussels, Belgium
#22
Amsterdam, Netherlands
#23
Berlin, Germany
#24
Toronto, Canada
#25
New York, United States
#26
Washington, United States
#27
Boston, United States
#28
Manchester, United Kingdom
#29
Dublin, Ireland
#30
Chicago, United States
Frequently Asked Questions
Why direct flights from both cities instead of a geographic midpoint?
A map midpoint between Abu Dhabi and Lisbon is usually a town neither of you can reach easily. We instead show real destinations both cities fly to directly, which is normally faster and cheaper than meeting at the literal halfway point.
Where can someone from Abu Dhabi and someone from Lisbon meet halfway?
Any destination on this page works as a meet-in-the-middle point: both Abu Dhabi and Lisbon have a direct flight to it, so you arrive in the same place without changing planes. Open the finder to see every shared date, sorted by weather and combined flight cost.
How are the destinations ranked?
Each shared destination is scored on the weather forecast across the trip and the combined flight value from both cities. The finder lets you re-rank and filter by budget, trip length and travel dates.
We live in different countries. Where should we meet between Abu Dhabi and Lisbon?
Every option here is reachable on a direct flight from both Abu Dhabi and Lisbon, including international routes, so a cross-border meet-up needs no connections on either side.
Can we search from Lisbon and Abu Dhabi instead?
The order does not matter. Abu Dhabi to Lisbon and Lisbon to Abu Dhabi produce the same destinations, since a direct route works both ways.