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Best Places to Meet Halfway Between Edinburgh and Philadelphia
Best overall match
Lisbon, Portugal
Best overall balance of travel time, flight price, weather, hotel cost and flight availability.
✈ Edinburgh 2h 40m
✈ Philadelphia 7h 20m
From €1067 combined
The Best Meeting Point for Edinburgh and Philadelphia: Lisbon, Portugal
19 destinations can be reached directly from both Edinburgh and Philadelphia on the same outbound and return dates. Lisbon, Portugal is our best overall match, while Boston, United States has the shortest travel time, Madrid, Spain has the cheapest flights, Lisbon, Portugal has the best weather, Atlanta, United States has the lowest hotel costs, and Doha, Qatar offers the most matching flight options . You can also search all 19 matching destinations with our destination finder .
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Shortest travel time
Boston, United States
6h 20m from Edinburgh · 0h 40m from
Philadelphia
Cheapest flights
Madrid, Spain
From €796 combined
Best weather
Lisbon, Portugal
19°C
Cheapest hotels
Atlanta, United States
€54/night
Most flight options
Doha, Qatar
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Barcelona, Spain
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Zurich, Switzerland
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Madrid, Spain
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Paris, France
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Rome, Italy
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London, United Kingdom
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Doha, Qatar
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Frankfurt, Germany
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Atlanta, United States
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Chicago, United States
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Athens, Greece
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Milan, Italy
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Dublin, Ireland
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Boston, United States
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Washington, United States
#18
Orlando, United States
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Toronto, Canada
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Frequently Asked Questions
Why direct flights from both cities instead of a geographic midpoint?
A map midpoint between Edinburgh and Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia meet halfway?
Any destination on this page works as a meet-in-the-middle point: both Edinburgh and Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia?
Every option here is reachable on a direct flight from both Edinburgh and Philadelphia, including international routes, so a cross-border meet-up needs no connections on either side.
Can we search from Philadelphia and Edinburgh instead?
The order does not matter. Edinburgh to Philadelphia and Philadelphia to Edinburgh produce the same destinations, since a direct route works both ways.