#1
Best Places to Meet Halfway Between Bologna and New York
Best overall match
Lisbon, Portugal
Best overall balance of travel time, flight price, weather, hotel cost and flight availability.
✈ Bologna 2h 40m
✈ New York 7h
From €988 combined
The Best Meeting Point for Bologna and New York: Lisbon, Portugal
20 destinations can be reached directly from both Bologna and New York on the same outbound and return dates. Lisbon, Portugal is our best overall match, while Zurich, Switzerland has the shortest travel time, London, United Kingdom has the cheapest flights, Zurich, Switzerland has the best weather, Warsaw, Poland has the lowest hotel costs, and London, United Kingdom offers the most matching flight options . You can also search all 20 matching destinations with our destination finder .
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Shortest travel time
Zurich, Switzerland
0h 40m from Bologna ·
8h from New York
Cheapest flights
London, United Kingdom
From €530 combined
Best weather
Zurich, Switzerland
22°C
Cheapest hotels
Warsaw, Poland
€40/night
Most flight options
London, United Kingdom
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Catania, Italy
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Zurich, Switzerland
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#4
Paris, France
#5
Prague, Czechia (Czech Republic)
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Frankfurt, Germany
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Vienna, Austria
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London, United Kingdom
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Warsaw, Poland
#10
Munich, Germany
#11
Berlin, Germany
#12
Copenhagen, Denmark
#13
Stockholm, Sweden
#14
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
#15
Brussels, Belgium
#16
Dublin, Ireland
#17
Amsterdam, Netherlands
#18
Oslo, Norway
#19
Manchester, United Kingdom
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Helsinki, Finland
Frequently Asked Questions
Why direct flights from both cities instead of a geographic midpoint?
A map midpoint between Bologna 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 Bologna and someone from New York meet halfway?
Any destination on this page works as a meet-in-the-middle point: both Bologna 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 Bologna and New York?
Every option here is reachable on a direct flight from both Bologna 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 Bologna instead?
The order does not matter. Bologna to New York and New York to Bologna produce the same destinations, since a direct route works both ways.