#1
Best Places to Meet Halfway Between Los Angeles and Washington
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
✈ Washington 4h 40m
From €299 combined
The Best Meeting Point for Los Angeles and Washington: Las Vegas, United States
46 destinations can be reached directly from both Los Angeles and Washington on the same outbound and return dates. Las Vegas, United States is our best overall match, while Portland, United States has the shortest travel time, Atlanta, United States has the cheapest flights, Portland, United States has the best weather, Mexico City, Mexico has the lowest hotel costs, and Dallas, United States offers the most matching flight options . You can also search all 46 matching destinations with our destination finder .
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Shortest travel time
Portland, United States
2h from Los Angeles ·
5h from Washington
Cheapest flights
Atlanta, United States
From €242 combined
Best weather
Portland, United States
23°C
Cheapest hotels
Mexico City, Mexico
€47/night
Most flight options
Dallas, United States
809 matching trips
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Portland, United States
#3
Phoenix, United States
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Nashville, United States
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Atlanta, United States
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New Orleans, United States
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Memphis, United States
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Louisville, United States
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Toronto, Canada
#11
Albuquerque, United States
#12
Cleveland, United States
#13
Sacramento, United States
#14
Salt Lake City, United States
#15
Orlando, United States
#16
Dallas, United States
#17
Detroit, United States
#18
Seattle, United States
#19
Columbus, United States
#20
Jacksonville, United States
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Richmond, United States
#22
Pittsburgh, United States
#23
Boston, United States
#24
Charleston, United States
#25
Montreal, Canada
#26
Mexico City, Mexico
#27
Charlotte, United States
#28
Denver, United States
#29
San Francisco, United States
#30
Philadelphia, United States
Frequently Asked Questions
Why direct flights from both cities instead of a geographic midpoint?
A map midpoint between Los Angeles and Washington 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 Washington meet halfway?
Any destination on this page works as a meet-in-the-middle point: both Los Angeles and Washington 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 Washington?
Every option here is reachable on a direct flight from both Los Angeles and Washington, including international routes, so a cross-border meet-up needs no connections on either side.
Can we search from Washington and Los Angeles instead?
The order does not matter. Los Angeles to Washington and Washington to Los Angeles produce the same destinations, since a direct route works both ways.