#1
Best Places to Meet Halfway Between Abu Dhabi and Los Angeles
Best overall match
Istanbul, Turkey
Best overall balance of travel time, flight price, weather, hotel cost and flight availability.
✈ Abu Dhabi 4h
✈ Los Angeles 13h 40m
From €1371 combined
The Best Meeting Point for Abu Dhabi and Los Angeles: Istanbul, Turkey
16 destinations can be reached directly from both Abu Dhabi and Los Angeles on the same outbound and return dates. Istanbul, Turkey is our best overall match, while Istanbul, Turkey has the shortest travel time, Istanbul, Turkey has the cheapest flights, Melbourne, Australia has the best weather, Manila, Philippines has the lowest hotel costs, and Tokyo, Japan offers the most matching flight options . You can also search all 16 matching destinations with our destination finder .
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Shortest travel time
Istanbul, Turkey
4h from Abu Dhabi · 13h 40m from
Los Angeles
Cheapest flights
Istanbul, Turkey
From €1371 combined
Best weather
Melbourne, Australia
22°C
Cheapest hotels
Manila, Philippines
€19/night
Most flight options
Tokyo, Japan
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Frankfurt, Germany
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Manila, Philippines
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Boston, United States
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Munich, Germany
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Frequently Asked Questions
Why direct flights from both cities instead of a geographic midpoint?
A map midpoint between Abu Dhabi and Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles meet halfway?
Any destination on this page works as a meet-in-the-middle point: both Abu Dhabi and Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles?
Every option here is reachable on a direct flight from both Abu Dhabi and Los Angeles, including international routes, so a cross-border meet-up needs no connections on either side.
Can we search from Los Angeles and Abu Dhabi instead?
The order does not matter. Abu Dhabi to Los Angeles and Los Angeles to Abu Dhabi produce the same destinations, since a direct route works both ways.