Best Places to Meet Halfway Between Buenos Aires and Los Angeles

Best overall match

Santiago, Chile

Best overall balance of travel time, flight price, weather, hotel cost and flight availability.

✈ Buenos Aires 1h 40m ✈ Los Angeles 11h 20m From €897 combined

The Best Meeting Point for Buenos Aires and Los Angeles: Santiago, Chile

2 destinations can be reached directly from both Buenos Aires and Los Angeles on the same outbound and return dates. Santiago, Chile is our best overall match, while Santiago, Chile has the shortest travel time, Santiago, Chile has the cheapest flights, Lima, Peru has the best weather, Lima, Peru has the lowest hotel costs, and Santiago, Chile offers the most matching flight options . You can also search all 2 matching destinations with our destination finder .

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Shortest travel time Santiago, Chile 1h 40m from Buenos Aires · 11h 20m from Los Angeles

Cheapest flights Santiago, Chile From €897 combined

Best weather Lima, Peru 21°C

Cheapest hotels Lima, Peru €29/night

Most flight options Santiago, Chile 383 matching trips

Best Overall

Updated 29 Aug 2026 Ranked by travel time, price, weather, hotel cost & availability Data refreshed within the last 6 hours

Santiago, Chile

€897 combined 23°C Aug–Feb

✈ Buenos Aires 1h 40m ✈ Los Angeles 11h 20m

Lima, Peru

€1154 combined 21°C Aug–Feb

✈ Buenos Aires 4h 20m ✈ Los Angeles 8h 40m

Frequently Asked Questions

Why direct flights from both cities instead of a geographic midpoint?

A map midpoint between Buenos Aires 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 Buenos Aires and someone from Los Angeles meet halfway?

Any destination on this page works as a meet-in-the-middle point: both Buenos Aires 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 Buenos Aires and Los Angeles?

Every option here is reachable on a direct flight from both Buenos Aires 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 Buenos Aires instead?

The order does not matter. Buenos Aires to Los Angeles and Los Angeles to Buenos Aires produce the same destinations, since a direct route works both ways.