#1
Best Places to Meet Halfway Between Chicago and Copenhagen
Best overall match
Lisbon, Portugal
Best overall balance of travel time, flight price, weather, hotel cost and flight availability.
✈ Chicago 8h 20m
✈ Copenhagen 3h 20m
From €1216 combined
The Best Meeting Point for Chicago and Copenhagen: Lisbon, Portugal
24 destinations can be reached directly from both Chicago and Copenhagen on the same outbound and return dates. Lisbon, Portugal is our best overall match, while Montreal, Canada has the shortest travel time, Paris, France has the cheapest flights, Washington, United States has the best weather, Warsaw, Poland has the lowest hotel costs, and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates offers the most matching flight options . You can also search all 24 matching destinations with our destination finder .
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Shortest travel time
Montreal, Canada
1h 40m from Chicago ·
7h 20m from Copenhagen
Cheapest flights
Paris, France
From €735 combined
Best weather
Washington, United States
22°C
Cheapest hotels
Warsaw, Poland
€40/night
Most flight options
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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Washington, United States
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Atlanta, United States
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Warsaw, Poland
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London, United Kingdom
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Frankfurt, Germany
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Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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San Francisco, United States
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Munich, Germany
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Zurich, Switzerland
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Dublin, Ireland
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Brussels, Belgium
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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Montreal, Canada
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Helsinki, Finland
#24
Tokyo, Japan
Frequently Asked Questions
Why direct flights from both cities instead of a geographic midpoint?
A map midpoint between Chicago and Copenhagen 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 Chicago and someone from Copenhagen meet halfway?
Any destination on this page works as a meet-in-the-middle point: both Chicago and Copenhagen 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 Chicago and Copenhagen?
Every option here is reachable on a direct flight from both Chicago and Copenhagen, including international routes, so a cross-border meet-up needs no connections on either side.
Can we search from Copenhagen and Chicago instead?
The order does not matter. Chicago to Copenhagen and Copenhagen to Chicago produce the same destinations, since a direct route works both ways.