#1
Best Places to Meet Halfway Between Bangkok and Edinburgh
Best overall match
Istanbul, Turkey
Best overall balance of travel time, flight price, weather, hotel cost and flight availability.
✈ Bangkok 9h 40m
✈ Edinburgh 3h 40m
From €1037 combined
The Best Meeting Point for Bangkok and Edinburgh: Istanbul, Turkey
19 destinations can be reached directly from both Bangkok and Edinburgh on the same outbound and return dates. Istanbul, Turkey is our best overall match, while Copenhagen, Denmark has the shortest travel time, Oslo, Norway has the cheapest flights, Beijing, China has the best weather, Istanbul, Turkey has the lowest hotel costs, and Doha, Qatar offers the most matching flight options . You can also search all 19 matching destinations with our destination finder .
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Shortest travel time
Copenhagen, Denmark
10h 40m from Bangkok ·
1h 40m from Edinburgh
Cheapest flights
Oslo, Norway
From €918 combined
Best weather
Beijing, China
27°C
Cheapest hotels
Istanbul, Turkey
€46/night
Most flight options
Doha, Qatar
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Madrid, Spain
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Vienna, Austria
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Doha, Qatar
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Zurich, Switzerland
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Milan, Italy
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Rome, Italy
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Beijing, China
#9
Oslo, Norway
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Paris, France
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Copenhagen, Denmark
#12
Stockholm, Sweden
#13
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
#14
Frankfurt, Germany
#15
London, United Kingdom
#16
Amsterdam, Netherlands
#17
Munich, Germany
#18
Brussels, Belgium
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Helsinki, Finland
Frequently Asked Questions
Why direct flights from both cities instead of a geographic midpoint?
A map midpoint between Bangkok and Edinburgh 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 Bangkok and someone from Edinburgh meet halfway?
Any destination on this page works as a meet-in-the-middle point: both Bangkok and Edinburgh 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 Bangkok and Edinburgh?
Every option here is reachable on a direct flight from both Bangkok and Edinburgh, including international routes, so a cross-border meet-up needs no connections on either side.
Can we search from Edinburgh and Bangkok instead?
The order does not matter. Bangkok to Edinburgh and Edinburgh to Bangkok produce the same destinations, since a direct route works both ways.