#1
Best Places to Meet Halfway Between Lyon and Minneapolis
Best overall match
Montreal, Canada
Best overall balance of travel time, flight price, weather, hotel cost and flight availability.
✈ Lyon 7h 40m
✈ Minneapolis 2h 20m
From €1284 combined
The Best Meeting Point for Lyon and Minneapolis: Montreal, Canada
8 destinations can be reached directly from both Lyon and Minneapolis on the same outbound and return dates. Montreal, Canada is our best overall match, while Paris, France has the shortest travel time, Dublin, Ireland has the cheapest flights, Frankfurt, Germany has the best weather, Montreal, Canada has the lowest hotel costs, and Paris, France offers the most matching flight options . You can also search all 8 matching destinations with our destination finder .
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Shortest travel time
Paris, France
0h 40m from Lyon ·
8h 40m from Minneapolis
Cheapest flights
Dublin, Ireland
From €1107 combined
Best weather
Frankfurt, Germany
22°C
Cheapest hotels
Montreal, Canada
€51/night
Most flight options
Paris, France
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Paris, France
#3
Dublin, Ireland
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London, United Kingdom
#5
Rome, Italy
#6
Copenhagen, Denmark
#7
Frankfurt, Germany
#8
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Frequently Asked Questions
Why direct flights from both cities instead of a geographic midpoint?
A map midpoint between Lyon 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 Lyon and someone from Minneapolis meet halfway?
Any destination on this page works as a meet-in-the-middle point: both Lyon 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 Lyon and Minneapolis?
Every option here is reachable on a direct flight from both Lyon and Minneapolis, including international routes, so a cross-border meet-up needs no connections on either side.
Can we search from Minneapolis and Lyon instead?
The order does not matter. Lyon to Minneapolis and Minneapolis to Lyon produce the same destinations, since a direct route works both ways.