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Best Places to Meet Halfway Between Los Angeles and Minneapolis
Best overall match
Las Vegas, United States
Best overall balance of travel time, flight price, weather, hotel cost and flight availability.
✈ Los Angeles 0h 40m
✈ Minneapolis 2h 40m
From €280 combined
The Best Meeting Point for Los Angeles and Minneapolis: Las Vegas, United States
36 destinations can be reached directly from both Los Angeles and Minneapolis on the same outbound and return dates. Las Vegas, United States is our best overall match, while Las Vegas, United States has the shortest travel time, Denver, United States has the cheapest flights, Phoenix, United States has the best weather, Dallas, United States has the lowest hotel costs, and San Antonio, United States offers the most matching flight options . You can also search all 36 matching destinations with our destination finder .
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Shortest travel time
Las Vegas, United States
0h 40m from Los Angeles · 2h 40m from
Minneapolis
Cheapest flights
Denver, United States
From €148 combined
Best weather
Phoenix, United States
25°C
Cheapest hotels
Dallas, United States
€52/night
Most flight options
San Antonio, United States
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Phoenix, United States
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Palm Springs, United States
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San Antonio, United States
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Dallas, United States
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Nashville, United States
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Sacramento, United States
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New Orleans, United States
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Atlanta, United States
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Memphis, United States
#11
Louisville, United States
#12
San Jose, United States
#13
Orlando, United States
#14
Charleston, United States
#15
Jacksonville, United States
#16
Denver, United States
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Salt Lake City, United States
#18
Albuquerque, United States
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Fort Lauderdale, United States
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San Francisco, United States
#21
Charlotte, United States
#22
Richmond, United States
#23
Columbus, United States
#24
Pittsburgh, United States
#25
Seattle, United States
#26
Cleveland, United States
#27
Baltimore, United States
#28
Portland, United States
#29
Detroit, United States
#30
Paris, France
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Frequently Asked Questions
Why direct flights from both cities instead of a geographic midpoint?
A map midpoint between Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles and someone from Minneapolis meet halfway?
Any destination on this page works as a meet-in-the-middle point: both Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles and Minneapolis?
Every option here is reachable on a direct flight from both Los Angeles and Minneapolis, including international routes, so a cross-border meet-up needs no connections on either side.
Can we search from Minneapolis and Los Angeles instead?
The order does not matter. Los Angeles to Minneapolis and Minneapolis to Los Angeles produce the same destinations, since a direct route works both ways.