#1
Best Places to Meet Halfway Between Minneapolis and New York
Best overall match
Washington, United States
Best overall balance of travel time, flight price, weather, hotel cost and flight availability.
✈ Minneapolis 2h 20m
✈ New York 0h 40m
From €571 combined
The Best Meeting Point for Minneapolis and New York: Washington, United States
50 destinations can be reached directly from both Minneapolis and New York on the same outbound and return dates. Washington, United States is our best overall match, while Buffalo, United States has the shortest travel time, Atlanta, United States has the cheapest flights, Santa Ana, United States has the best weather, Montreal, Canada has the lowest hotel costs, and San Antonio, United States offers the most matching flight options . You can also search all 50 matching destinations with our destination finder .
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Shortest travel time
Buffalo, United States
1h 40m from Minneapolis ·
0h 40m from New York
Cheapest flights
Atlanta, United States
From €253 combined
Best weather
Santa Ana, United States
24°C
Cheapest hotels
Montreal, Canada
€51/night
Most flight options
San Antonio, United States
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Nashville, United States
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Atlanta, United States
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Buffalo, United States
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Fort Myers, United States
#14
Memphis, United States
#15
Louisville, United States
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New Orleans, United States
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Miami, United States
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Jacksonville, United States
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Orlando, United States
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Boston, United States
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Asheville, United States
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Grand Rapids, United States
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Charlotte, United States
#24
Richmond, United States
#25
Montreal, Canada
#26
San Antonio, United States
#27
Savannah, United States
#28
Phoenix, United States
#29
Santa Ana, United States
#30
Albuquerque, United States
Frequently Asked Questions
Why direct flights from both cities instead of a geographic midpoint?
A map midpoint between Minneapolis and New York 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 Minneapolis and someone from New York meet halfway?
Any destination on this page works as a meet-in-the-middle point: both Minneapolis and New York 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 Minneapolis and New York?
Every option here is reachable on a direct flight from both Minneapolis and New York, including international routes, so a cross-border meet-up needs no connections on either side.
Can we search from New York and Minneapolis instead?
The order does not matter. Minneapolis to New York and New York to Minneapolis produce the same destinations, since a direct route works both ways.