#1
Best Places to Meet Halfway Between Munich and New York
Best overall match
Lisbon, Portugal
Best overall balance of travel time, flight price, weather, hotel cost and flight availability.
✈ Munich 2h 40m
✈ New York 7h
From €1246 combined
The Best Meeting Point for Munich and New York: Lisbon, Portugal
23 destinations can be reached directly from both Munich and New York on the same outbound and return dates. Lisbon, Portugal is our best overall match, while Boston, United States has the shortest travel time, Dublin, Ireland has the cheapest flights, Manama, Bahrain has the best weather, New Delhi, India has the lowest hotel costs, and Cairo, Egypt offers the most matching flight options . You can also search all 23 matching destinations with our destination finder .
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Shortest travel time
Boston, United States
7h 40m from Munich · 0h 40m from
New York
Cheapest flights
Dublin, Ireland
From €753 combined
Best weather
Manama, Bahrain
26°C
Cheapest hotels
New Delhi, India
€18/night
Most flight options
Cairo, Egypt
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Miami, United States
#3
Atlanta, United States
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#4
Cairo, Egypt
#5
Charlotte, United States
#6
Catania, Italy
#7
Manama, Bahrain
#8
Paris, France
#9
Zurich, Switzerland
#10
Orlando, United States
#11
New Delhi, India
#12
Geneva, Switzerland
#13
San Francisco, United States
#14
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
#15
Brussels, Belgium
#16
Detroit, United States
#17
Vienna, Austria
#18
Boston, United States
#19
Manchester, United Kingdom
#20
Dublin, Ireland
#21
Seattle, United States
#22
Tokyo, Japan
#23
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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Frequently Asked Questions
Why direct flights from both cities instead of a geographic midpoint?
A map midpoint between Munich 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 Munich and someone from New York meet halfway?
Any destination on this page works as a meet-in-the-middle point: both Munich 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 Munich and New York?
Every option here is reachable on a direct flight from both Munich 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 Munich instead?
The order does not matter. Munich to New York and New York to Munich produce the same destinations, since a direct route works both ways.