#1
Best Places to Meet Halfway Between Amsterdam and Washington
Best overall match
Lisbon, Portugal
Best overall balance of travel time, flight price, weather, hotel cost and flight availability.
✈ Amsterdam 2h 40m
✈ Washington 7h 20m
From €1268 combined
The Best Meeting Point for Amsterdam and Washington: Lisbon, Portugal
56 destinations can be reached directly from both Amsterdam and Washington on the same outbound and return dates. Lisbon, Portugal is our best overall match, while Paris, France has the shortest travel time, Toronto, Canada has the cheapest flights, San Diego, United States has the best weather, Cairo, Egypt has the lowest hotel costs, and Los Angeles, United States offers the most matching flight options . You can also search all 56 matching destinations with our destination finder .
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Shortest travel time
Paris, France
0h 40m from Amsterdam · 7h 40m from
Washington
Cheapest flights
Toronto, Canada
From €757 combined
Best weather
San Diego, United States
22°C
Cheapest hotels
Cairo, Egypt
€24/night
Most flight options
Los Angeles, United States
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Toronto, Canada
#3
Casablanca, Morocco
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Barcelona, Spain
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Rome, Italy
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Paris, France
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Atlanta, United States
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Las Vegas, United States
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Philadelphia, United States
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Detroit, United States
#11
Chicago, United States
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Miami, United States
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Boston, United States
#14
Newark, United States
#15
New York, United States
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Los Angeles, United States
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Istanbul, Turkey
#18
Tampa, United States
#19
Orlando, United States
#20
Austin, United States
#21
San Diego, United States
#22
Zurich, Switzerland
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Athens, Greece
#24
Montreal, Canada
#25
London, United Kingdom
#26
Amman, Jordan
#27
Geneva, Switzerland
#28
Houston, United States
#29
Minneapolis, United States
#30
Cairo, Egypt
Frequently Asked Questions
Why direct flights from both cities instead of a geographic midpoint?
A map midpoint between Amsterdam and Washington 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 Amsterdam and someone from Washington meet halfway?
Any destination on this page works as a meet-in-the-middle point: both Amsterdam and Washington 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 Amsterdam and Washington?
Every option here is reachable on a direct flight from both Amsterdam and Washington, including international routes, so a cross-border meet-up needs no connections on either side.
Can we search from Washington and Amsterdam instead?
The order does not matter. Amsterdam to Washington and Washington to Amsterdam produce the same destinations, since a direct route works both ways.