#1
Best Places to Meet Halfway Between Basel and New York
Best overall match
Lisbon, Portugal
Best overall balance of travel time, flight price, weather, hotel cost and flight availability.
✈ Basel 2h 20m
✈ New York 7h
From €902 combined
The Best Meeting Point for Basel and New York: Lisbon, Portugal
17 destinations can be reached directly from both Basel and New York on the same outbound and return dates. Lisbon, Portugal is our best overall match, while Paris, France has the shortest travel time, London, United Kingdom has the cheapest flights, Nice, France has the best weather, Catania, Italy has the lowest hotel costs, and London, United Kingdom offers the most matching flight options . You can also search all 17 matching destinations with our destination finder .
Best by Category
Shortest travel time
Paris, France
0h 40m from Basel ·
7h 40m from New York
Cheapest flights
London, United Kingdom
From €539 combined
Best weather
Nice, France
20°C
Cheapest hotels
Catania, Italy
€45/night
Most flight options
London, United Kingdom
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Paris, France
#3
Catania, Italy
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Montreal, Canada
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Nice, France
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London, United Kingdom
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Prague, Czechia (Czech Republic)
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Frankfurt, Germany
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Copenhagen, Denmark
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Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Munich, Germany
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Dublin, Ireland
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Oslo, Norway
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Manchester, United Kingdom
Frequently Asked Questions
Why direct flights from both cities instead of a geographic midpoint?
A map midpoint between Basel and New York 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 Basel and someone from New York meet halfway?
Any destination on this page works as a meet-in-the-middle point: both Basel and New York 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 Basel and New York?
Every option here is reachable on a direct flight from both Basel and New York, including international routes, so a cross-border meet-up needs no connections on either side.
Can we search from New York and Basel instead?
The order does not matter. Basel to New York and New York to Basel produce the same destinations, since a direct route works both ways.