#1
Best Places to Meet Halfway Between New York and Zurich
Best overall match
Lisbon, Portugal
Best overall balance of travel time, flight price, weather, hotel cost and flight availability.
✈ New York 7h
✈ Zurich 2h 40m
From €957 combined
The Best Meeting Point for New York and Zurich: Lisbon, Portugal
37 destinations can be reached directly from both New York and Zurich on the same outbound and return dates. Lisbon, Portugal is our best overall match, while Boston, United States has the shortest travel time, London, United Kingdom has the cheapest flights, Washington, United States has the best weather, New Delhi, India has the lowest hotel costs, and London, United Kingdom offers the most matching flight options . You can also search all 37 matching destinations with our destination finder .
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Shortest travel time
Boston, United States
0h 40m from New York ·
7h 40m from Zurich
Cheapest flights
London, United Kingdom
From €582 combined
Best weather
Washington, United States
22°C
Cheapest hotels
New Delhi, India
€18/night
Most flight options
London, United Kingdom
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#2
Washington, United States
#3
Atlanta, United States
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#4
Boston, United States
#5
Toronto, Canada
#6
Catania, Italy
#7
Prague, Czechia (Czech Republic)
#8
Montreal, Canada
#9
Geneva, Switzerland
#10
Miami, United States
#11
Paris, France
#12
London, United Kingdom
#13
Warsaw, Poland
#14
Vienna, Austria
#15
Las Vegas, United States
#16
Berlin, Germany
#17
Amman, Jordan
#18
Frankfurt, Germany
#19
Cairo, Egypt
#20
Manchester, United Kingdom
#21
Dublin, Ireland
#22
Cancun, Mexico
#23
Nice, France
#24
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
#25
Copenhagen, Denmark
#26
Oslo, Norway
#27
Stockholm, Sweden
#28
New Delhi, India
#29
Munich, Germany
#30
San Francisco, United States
Frequently Asked Questions
Why direct flights from both cities instead of a geographic midpoint?
A map midpoint between New York and Zurich 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 Zurich meet halfway?
Any destination on this page works as a meet-in-the-middle point: both New York and Zurich 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 Zurich?
Every option here is reachable on a direct flight from both New York and Zurich, including international routes, so a cross-border meet-up needs no connections on either side.
Can we search from Zurich and New York instead?
The order does not matter. New York to Zurich and Zurich to New York produce the same destinations, since a direct route works both ways.