#1
Best Places to Meet Halfway Between Chicago and New York
Best overall match
Washington, United States
Best overall balance of travel time, flight price, weather, hotel cost and flight availability.
✈ Chicago 1h 40m
✈ New York 0h 40m
From €320 combined
The Best Meeting Point for Chicago and New York: Washington, United States
63 destinations can be reached directly from both Chicago and New York on the same outbound and return dates. Washington, United States is our best overall match, while Detroit, United States has the shortest travel time, Atlanta, United States has the cheapest flights, Washington, United States has the best weather, Montreal, Canada has the lowest hotel costs, and Toronto, Canada offers the most matching flight options . You can also search all 63 matching destinations with our destination finder .
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Shortest travel time
Detroit, United States
0h 40m from Chicago ·
1h 20m from New York
Cheapest flights
Atlanta, United States
From €183 combined
Best weather
Washington, United States
22°C
Cheapest hotels
Montreal, Canada
€51/night
Most flight options
Toronto, Canada
722 matching trips
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Atlanta, United States
#3
Nashville, United States
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Boston, United States
#24
Miami, United States
#25
Jacksonville, United States
#26
Montreal, Canada
#27
Orlando, United States
#28
Charleston, United States
#29
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Dallas, United States
Frequently Asked Questions
Why direct flights from both cities instead of a geographic midpoint?
A map midpoint between Chicago and New York 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 New York meet halfway?
Any destination on this page works as a meet-in-the-middle point: both Chicago and New York 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 New York?
Every option here is reachable on a direct flight from both Chicago and New York, including international routes, so a cross-border meet-up needs no connections on either side.
Can we search from New York and Chicago instead?
The order does not matter. Chicago to New York and New York to Chicago produce the same destinations, since a direct route works both ways.