#1
Best Places to Meet Halfway Between Los Angeles and Zurich
Best overall match
Lisbon, Portugal
Best overall balance of travel time, flight price, weather, hotel cost and flight availability.
✈ Los Angeles 11h 40m
✈ Zurich 2h 40m
From €1307 combined
The Best Meeting Point for Los Angeles and Zurich: Lisbon, Portugal
11 destinations can be reached directly from both Los Angeles and Zurich on the same outbound and return dates. Lisbon, Portugal is our best overall match, while Paris, France has the shortest travel time, Paris, France has the cheapest flights, Las Vegas, United States has the best weather, Istanbul, Turkey has the lowest hotel costs, and Istanbul, Turkey offers the most matching flight options . You can also search all 11 matching destinations with our destination finder .
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Shortest travel time
Paris, France
11h 40m from Los Angeles · 0h 40m from
Zurich
Cheapest flights
Paris, France
From €955 combined
Best weather
Las Vegas, United States
21°C
Cheapest hotels
Istanbul, Turkey
€46/night
Most flight options
Istanbul, Turkey
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San Francisco, United States
#3
Istanbul, Turkey
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#4
Paris, France
#5
Las Vegas, United States
#6
Frankfurt, Germany
#7
Philadelphia, United States
#8
Atlanta, United States
#9
Tokyo, Japan
#10
Boston, United States
#11
Singapore, Singapore
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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 Zurich 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 Zurich meet halfway?
Any destination on this page works as a meet-in-the-middle point: both Los Angeles and Zurich 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 Zurich?
Every option here is reachable on a direct flight from both Los Angeles and Zurich, including international routes, so a cross-border meet-up needs no connections on either side.
Can we search from Zurich and Los Angeles instead?
The order does not matter. Los Angeles to Zurich and Zurich to Los Angeles produce the same destinations, since a direct route works both ways.