#1
Best Places to Meet Halfway Between Chicago and Los Angeles
Best overall match
Las Vegas, United States
Best overall balance of travel time, flight price, weather, hotel cost and flight availability.
✈ Chicago 3h 20m
✈ Los Angeles 0h 40m
From €168 combined
The Best Meeting Point for Chicago and Los Angeles: Las Vegas, United States
52 destinations can be reached directly from both Chicago and Los Angeles on the same outbound and return dates. Las Vegas, United States is our best overall match, while Las Vegas, United States has the shortest travel time, Las Vegas, United States has the cheapest flights, Guadalajara, Mexico has the best weather, Guadalajara, Mexico has the lowest hotel costs, and Dallas, United States offers the most matching flight options . You can also search all 52 matching destinations with our destination finder .
Best by Category
Shortest travel time
Las Vegas, United States
3h 20m from Chicago ·
0h 40m from Los Angeles
Cheapest flights
Las Vegas, United States
From €168 combined
Best weather
Guadalajara, Mexico
23°C
Cheapest hotels
Guadalajara, Mexico
€30/night
Most flight options
Dallas, United States
896 matching trips
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Phoenix, United States
#3
Guadalajara, Mexico
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Frequently Asked Questions
Why direct flights from both cities instead of a geographic midpoint?
A map midpoint between Chicago 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 Chicago and someone from Los Angeles meet halfway?
Any destination on this page works as a meet-in-the-middle point: both Chicago 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 Chicago and Los Angeles?
Every option here is reachable on a direct flight from both Chicago 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 Chicago instead?
The order does not matter. Chicago to Los Angeles and Los Angeles to Chicago produce the same destinations, since a direct route works both ways.