#1
Best Places to Meet Halfway Between Melbourne and Seattle
Best overall match
Los Angeles, United States
Best overall balance of travel time, flight price, weather, hotel cost and flight availability.
✈ Melbourne 16h
✈ Seattle 2h 20m
From €932 combined
The Best Meeting Point for Melbourne and Seattle: Los Angeles, United States
10 destinations can be reached directly from both Melbourne and Seattle on the same outbound and return dates. Los Angeles, United States is our best overall match, while San Francisco, United States has the shortest travel time, Los Angeles, United States has the cheapest flights, Los Angeles, United States has the best weather, Manila, Philippines has the lowest hotel costs, and Los Angeles, United States offers the most matching flight options . You can also search all 10 matching destinations with our destination finder .
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Shortest travel time
San Francisco, United States
15h 40m from Melbourne · 1h 40m from
Seattle
Cheapest flights
Los Angeles, United States
From €932 combined
Best weather
Los Angeles, United States
24°C
Cheapest hotels
Manila, Philippines
€19/night
Most flight options
Los Angeles, United States
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San Francisco, United States
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Dallas, United States
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Doha, Qatar
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Tokyo, Japan
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Taipei, Taiwan
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Shanghai, China
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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Manila, Philippines
Frequently Asked Questions
Why direct flights from both cities instead of a geographic midpoint?
A map midpoint between Melbourne and Seattle 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 Melbourne and someone from Seattle meet halfway?
Any destination on this page works as a meet-in-the-middle point: both Melbourne and Seattle 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 Melbourne and Seattle?
Every option here is reachable on a direct flight from both Melbourne and Seattle, including international routes, so a cross-border meet-up needs no connections on either side.
Can we search from Seattle and Melbourne instead?
The order does not matter. Melbourne to Seattle and Seattle to Melbourne produce the same destinations, since a direct route works both ways.