#1
Best Places to Meet Halfway Between Edinburgh and New York
Best overall match
Toronto, Canada
Best overall balance of travel time, flight price, weather, hotel cost and flight availability.
✈ Edinburgh 6h 40m
✈ New York 1h
From €684 combined
The Best Meeting Point for Edinburgh and New York: Toronto, Canada
26 destinations can be reached directly from both Edinburgh and New York on the same outbound and return dates. Toronto, Canada is our best overall match, while Boston, United States has the shortest travel time, London, United Kingdom has the cheapest flights, Washington, United States has the best weather, Warsaw, Poland has the lowest hotel costs, and London, United Kingdom offers the most matching flight options . You can also search all 26 matching destinations with our destination finder .
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Shortest travel time
Boston, United States
6h 20m from Edinburgh ·
0h 40m from New York
Cheapest flights
London, United Kingdom
From €503 combined
Best weather
Washington, United States
22°C
Cheapest hotels
Warsaw, Poland
€40/night
Most flight options
London, United Kingdom
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Lisbon, Portugal
#3
Washington, United States
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Boston, United States
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Atlanta, United States
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Paris, France
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London, United Kingdom
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Catania, Italy
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Geneva, Switzerland
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Orlando, United States
#11
Nice, France
#12
Prague, Czechia (Czech Republic)
#13
Vienna, Austria
#14
Berlin, Germany
#15
Frankfurt, Germany
#16
Calgary, Canada
#17
Zurich, Switzerland
#18
Warsaw, Poland
#19
Copenhagen, Denmark
#20
Stockholm, Sweden
#21
Dublin, Ireland
#22
Brussels, Belgium
#23
Munich, Germany
#24
Amsterdam, Netherlands
#25
Oslo, Norway
#26
Helsinki, Finland
Frequently Asked Questions
Why direct flights from both cities instead of a geographic midpoint?
A map midpoint between Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh and someone from New York meet halfway?
Any destination on this page works as a meet-in-the-middle point: both Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh and New York?
Every option here is reachable on a direct flight from both Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh instead?
The order does not matter. Edinburgh to New York and New York to Edinburgh produce the same destinations, since a direct route works both ways.