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Best Places to Meet Halfway Between Abu Dhabi and Portland
Best overall match
Washington, United States
Best overall balance of travel time, flight price, weather, hotel cost and flight availability.
✈ Abu Dhabi 14h 20m
✈ Portland 4h 40m
From €1850 combined
The Best Meeting Point for Abu Dhabi and Portland: Washington, United States
9 destinations can be reached directly from both Abu Dhabi and Portland on the same outbound and return dates. Washington, United States is our best overall match, while Washington, United States has the shortest travel time, Boston, United States has the cheapest flights, Washington, United States has the best weather, Atlanta, United States has the lowest hotel costs, and New York, United States offers the most matching flight options . You can also search all 9 matching destinations with our destination finder .
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Shortest travel time
Washington, United States
14h 20m from Abu Dhabi ·
4h 40m from Portland
Cheapest flights
Boston, United States
From €1519 combined
Best weather
Washington, United States
22°C
Cheapest hotels
Atlanta, United States
€54/night
Most flight options
New York, United States
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Atlanta, United States
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New York, United States
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Boston, United States
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Chicago, United States
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Charlotte, United States
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London, United Kingdom
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Frankfurt, Germany
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
Frequently Asked Questions
Why direct flights from both cities instead of a geographic midpoint?
A map midpoint between Abu Dhabi and Portland 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 Portland meet halfway?
Any destination on this page works as a meet-in-the-middle point: both Abu Dhabi and Portland 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 Portland?
Every option here is reachable on a direct flight from both Abu Dhabi and Portland, including international routes, so a cross-border meet-up needs no connections on either side.
Can we search from Portland and Abu Dhabi instead?
The order does not matter. Abu Dhabi to Portland and Portland to Abu Dhabi produce the same destinations, since a direct route works both ways.