#1
Best Places to Meet Halfway Between Edinburgh and Minneapolis
Best overall match
Paris, France
Best overall balance of travel time, flight price, weather, hotel cost and flight availability.
✈ Edinburgh 1h 20m
✈ Minneapolis 8h 40m
From €1300 combined
The Best Meeting Point for Edinburgh and Minneapolis: Paris, France
12 destinations can be reached directly from both Edinburgh and Minneapolis on the same outbound and return dates. Paris, France is our best overall match, while Dublin, Ireland has the shortest travel time, Dublin, Ireland has the cheapest flights, Orlando, United States has the best weather, Atlanta, United States has the lowest hotel costs, and Atlanta, United States offers the most matching flight options . You can also search all 12 matching destinations with our destination finder .
Best by Category
Shortest travel time
Dublin, Ireland
0h 40m from Edinburgh · 7h 40m from
Minneapolis
Cheapest flights
Dublin, Ireland
From €1152 combined
Best weather
Orlando, United States
26°C
Cheapest hotels
Atlanta, United States
€54/night
Most flight options
Atlanta, United States
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Atlanta, United States
#3
Chicago, United States
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Frankfurt, Germany
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Philadelphia, United States
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Dublin, Ireland
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Washington, United States
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Orlando, United States
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London, United Kingdom
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Newark, United States
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Boston, United States
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Frequently Asked Questions
Why direct flights from both cities instead of a geographic midpoint?
A map midpoint between Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh and someone from Minneapolis meet halfway?
Any destination on this page works as a meet-in-the-middle point: both Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh and Minneapolis?
Every option here is reachable on a direct flight from both Edinburgh and Minneapolis, including international routes, so a cross-border meet-up needs no connections on either side.
Can we search from Minneapolis and Edinburgh instead?
The order does not matter. Edinburgh to Minneapolis and Minneapolis to Edinburgh produce the same destinations, since a direct route works both ways.