#1
Best Places to Meet Halfway Between New York and Portland
Best overall match
Washington, United States
Best overall balance of travel time, flight price, weather, hotel cost and flight availability.
✈ New York 0h 40m
✈ Portland 4h 40m
From €415 combined
The Best Meeting Point for New York and Portland: Washington, United States
30 destinations can be reached directly from both New York and Portland on the same outbound and return dates. Washington, United States is our best overall match, while Washington, United States has the shortest travel time, Norfolk, United States has the cheapest flights, Palm Springs, United States has the best weather, San Jose del Cabo, Mexico has the lowest hotel costs, and Santa Ana, United States offers the most matching flight options . You can also search all 30 matching destinations with our destination finder .
Best by Category
Shortest travel time
Washington, United States
0h 40m from New York ·
4h 40m from Portland
Cheapest flights
Norfolk, United States
From €238 combined
Best weather
Palm Springs, United States
27°C
Cheapest hotels
San Jose del Cabo, Mexico
€30/night
Most flight options
Santa Ana, United States
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Las Vegas, United States
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Pittsburgh, United States
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Santa Ana, United States
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Phoenix, United States
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Charlotte, United States
#11
Sacramento, United States
#12
Seattle, United States
#13
Orlando, United States
#14
Salt Lake City, United States
#15
Charleston, United States
#16
Albuquerque, United States
#17
Boston, United States
#18
Dallas, United States
#19
Norfolk, United States
#20
Palm Springs, United States
#21
Calgary, Canada
#22
San Francisco, United States
#23
San Jose del Cabo, Mexico
#24
Cancun, Mexico
#25
Vancouver, Canada
#26
Honolulu, United States
#27
Miami, United States
#28
London, United Kingdom
#29
Frankfurt, Germany
#30
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Frequently Asked Questions
Why direct flights from both cities instead of a geographic midpoint?
A map midpoint between New York and Portland 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 New York and someone from Portland meet halfway?
Any destination on this page works as a meet-in-the-middle point: both New York and Portland 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 New York and Portland?
Every option here is reachable on a direct flight from both New York and Portland, including international routes, so a cross-border meet-up needs no connections on either side.
Can we search from Portland and New York instead?
The order does not matter. New York to Portland and Portland to New York produce the same destinations, since a direct route works both ways.