#1
Best Places to Meet Halfway Between Edinburgh and Portland
Best overall match
Atlanta, United States
Best overall balance of travel time, flight price, weather, hotel cost and flight availability.
✈ Edinburgh 8h 20m
✈ Portland 2h 20m
From €1289 combined
The Best Meeting Point for Edinburgh and Portland: Atlanta, United States
12 destinations can be reached directly from both Edinburgh and Portland on the same outbound and return dates. Atlanta, United States is our best overall match, while Philadelphia, United States has the shortest travel time, London, United Kingdom has the cheapest flights, Frankfurt, Germany has the best weather, Calgary, Canada has the lowest hotel costs, and London, United Kingdom offers the most matching flight options . You can also search all 12 matching destinations with our destination finder .
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Shortest travel time
Philadelphia, United States
6h 40m from Edinburgh ·
5h from Portland
Cheapest flights
London, United Kingdom
From €867 combined
Best weather
Frankfurt, Germany
22°C
Cheapest hotels
Calgary, Canada
€45/night
Most flight options
London, United Kingdom
756 matching trips
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#2
Philadelphia, United States
#3
Washington, United States
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#4
New York, United States
#5
Calgary, Canada
#6
Newark, United States
#7
Chicago, United States
#8
Boston, United States
#9
Orlando, United States
#10
London, United Kingdom
#11
Frankfurt, Germany
#12
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Frequently Asked Questions
Why direct flights from both cities instead of a geographic midpoint?
A map midpoint between Edinburgh and Portland 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 Portland meet halfway?
Any destination on this page works as a meet-in-the-middle point: both Edinburgh and Portland 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 Portland?
Every option here is reachable on a direct flight from both Edinburgh and Portland, including international routes, so a cross-border meet-up needs no connections on either side.
Can we search from Portland and Edinburgh instead?
The order does not matter. Edinburgh to Portland and Portland to Edinburgh produce the same destinations, since a direct route works both ways.