#1
Best Places to Meet Halfway Between Chicago and Minneapolis
Best overall match
Phoenix, United States
Best overall balance of travel time, flight price, weather, hotel cost and flight availability.
✈ Chicago 3h 20m
✈ Minneapolis 2h 40m
From €451 combined
The Best Meeting Point for Chicago and Minneapolis: Phoenix, United States
46 destinations can be reached directly from both Chicago and Minneapolis on the same outbound and return dates. Phoenix, United States is our best overall match, while Milwaukee, United States has the shortest travel time, Denver, United States has the cheapest flights, Palm Springs, United States has the best weather, Cedar Rapids, United States has the lowest hotel costs, and Santa Ana, United States offers the most matching flight options . You can also search all 46 matching destinations with our destination finder .
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Shortest travel time
Milwaukee, United States
0h 40m from Chicago · 0h 40m from
Minneapolis
Cheapest flights
Denver, United States
From €172 combined
Best weather
Palm Springs, United States
24°C
Cheapest hotels
Cedar Rapids, United States
€50/night
Most flight options
Santa Ana, United States
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Nashville, United States
#3
Atlanta, United States
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#4
Las Vegas, United States
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Austin, United States
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San Antonio, United States
#7
Dallas, United States
#8
Miami, United States
#9
Palm Springs, United States
#10
Louisville, United States
#11
Santa Ana, United States
#12
Orlando, United States
#13
New Orleans, United States
#14
Memphis, United States
#15
Jacksonville, United States
#16
Savannah, United States
#17
Charleston, United States
#18
Denver, United States
#19
Charlotte, United States
#20
San Jose, United States
#21
Milwaukee, United States
#22
Asheville, United States
#23
Grand Rapids, United States
#24
Detroit, United States
#25
Sacramento, United States
#26
Albuquerque, United States
#27
Salt Lake City, United States
#28
San Juan, United States
#29
Des Moines, United States
#30
Cedar Rapids, United States
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Frequently Asked Questions
Why direct flights from both cities instead of a geographic midpoint?
A map midpoint between Chicago and Minneapolis 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 Minneapolis meet halfway?
Any destination on this page works as a meet-in-the-middle point: both Chicago and Minneapolis 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 Minneapolis?
Every option here is reachable on a direct flight from both Chicago and Minneapolis, including international routes, so a cross-border meet-up needs no connections on either side.
Can we search from Minneapolis and Chicago instead?
The order does not matter. Chicago to Minneapolis and Minneapolis to Chicago produce the same destinations, since a direct route works both ways.