#1
Best Places to Meet Halfway Between Boston and Edinburgh
Best overall match
Lisbon, Portugal
Best overall balance of travel time, flight price, weather, hotel cost and flight availability.
✈ Boston 6h 40m
✈ Edinburgh 2h 40m
From €859 combined
The Best Meeting Point for Boston and Edinburgh: Lisbon, Portugal
32 destinations can be reached directly from both Boston and Edinburgh on the same outbound and return dates. Lisbon, Portugal is our best overall match, while Halifax, Canada has the shortest travel time, Barcelona, Spain has the cheapest flights, Barcelona, Spain has the best weather, Calgary, Canada has the lowest hotel costs, and New York, United States offers the most matching flight options . You can also search all 32 matching destinations with our destination finder .
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Shortest travel time
Halifax, Canada
1h 20m from Boston ·
5h 40m from Edinburgh
Cheapest flights
Barcelona, Spain
From €484 combined
Best weather
Barcelona, Spain
24°C
Cheapest hotels
Calgary, Canada
€45/night
Most flight options
New York, United States
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#2
Madrid, Spain
#3
New York, United States
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#4
Barcelona, Spain
#5
Toronto, Canada
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Newark, United States
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Washington, United States
#8
Porto, Portugal
#9
Philadelphia, United States
#10
Atlanta, United States
#11
Halifax, Canada
#12
Milan, Italy
#13
Rome, Italy
#14
Istanbul, Turkey
#15
Paris, France
#16
Chicago, United States
#17
Athens, Greece
#18
London, United Kingdom
#19
Vienna, Austria
#20
Zurich, Switzerland
#21
Amsterdam, Netherlands
#22
Orlando, United States
#23
Munich, Germany
#24
Calgary, Canada
#25
Copenhagen, Denmark
#26
Frankfurt, Germany
#27
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
#28
Doha, Qatar
#29
Dublin, Ireland
#30
Shannon, Ireland
Frequently Asked Questions
Why direct flights from both cities instead of a geographic midpoint?
A map midpoint between Boston 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 Boston and someone from Edinburgh meet halfway?
Any destination on this page works as a meet-in-the-middle point: both Boston 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 Boston and Edinburgh?
Every option here is reachable on a direct flight from both Boston and Edinburgh, including international routes, so a cross-border meet-up needs no connections on either side.
Can we search from Edinburgh and Boston instead?
The order does not matter. Boston to Edinburgh and Edinburgh to Boston produce the same destinations, since a direct route works both ways.