#1
Best Places to Meet Halfway Between Athens and Los Angeles
Best overall match
Lisbon, Portugal
Best overall balance of travel time, flight price, weather, hotel cost and flight availability.
✈ Athens 3h 40m
✈ Los Angeles 11h 40m
From €1346 combined
The Best Meeting Point for Athens and Los Angeles: Lisbon, Portugal
18 destinations can be reached directly from both Athens and Los Angeles on the same outbound and return dates. Lisbon, Portugal is our best overall match, while Vienna, Austria has the shortest travel time, London, United Kingdom has the cheapest flights, Lisbon, Portugal has the best weather, Warsaw, Poland has the lowest hotel costs, and Paris, France offers the most matching flight options . You can also search all 18 matching destinations with our destination finder .
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Shortest travel time
Vienna, Austria
1h 40m from Athens · 12h 20m from
Los Angeles
Cheapest flights
London, United Kingdom
From €900 combined
Best weather
Lisbon, Portugal
24°C
Cheapest hotels
Warsaw, Poland
€40/night
Most flight options
Paris, France
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Frankfurt, Germany
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Toronto, Canada
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Warsaw, Poland
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London, United Kingdom
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Boston, United States
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Copenhagen, Denmark
Frequently Asked Questions
Why direct flights from both cities instead of a geographic midpoint?
A map midpoint between Athens 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 Athens and someone from Los Angeles meet halfway?
Any destination on this page works as a meet-in-the-middle point: both Athens 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 Athens and Los Angeles?
Every option here is reachable on a direct flight from both Athens 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 Athens instead?
The order does not matter. Athens to Los Angeles and Los Angeles to Athens produce the same destinations, since a direct route works both ways.