#1
Best Places to Meet Halfway Between Portland and Sydney
Best overall match
Los Angeles, United States
Best overall balance of travel time, flight price, weather, hotel cost and flight availability.
✈ Portland 2h
✈ Sydney 15h
From €910 combined
The Best Meeting Point for Portland and Sydney: Los Angeles, United States
6 destinations can be reached directly from both Portland and Sydney on the same outbound and return dates. Los Angeles, United States is our best overall match, while Honolulu, United States has the shortest travel time, Los Angeles, United States has the cheapest flights, Houston, United States has the best weather, Houston, United States has the lowest hotel costs, and Los Angeles, United States offers the most matching flight options . You can also search all 6 matching destinations with our destination finder .
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Shortest travel time
Honolulu, United States
5h 40m from Portland · 10h 20m from
Sydney
Cheapest flights
Los Angeles, United States
From €910 combined
Best weather
Houston, United States
21°C
Cheapest hotels
Houston, United States
€51/night
Most flight options
Los Angeles, United States
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Honolulu, United States
#3
San Francisco, United States
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#4
Houston, United States
#5
Dallas, United States
#6
Vancouver, Canada
Frequently Asked Questions
Why direct flights from both cities instead of a geographic midpoint?
A map midpoint between Portland and Sydney 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 Portland and someone from Sydney meet halfway?
Any destination on this page works as a meet-in-the-middle point: both Portland and Sydney 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 Portland and Sydney?
Every option here is reachable on a direct flight from both Portland and Sydney, including international routes, so a cross-border meet-up needs no connections on either side.
Can we search from Sydney and Portland instead?
The order does not matter. Portland to Sydney and Sydney to Portland produce the same destinations, since a direct route works both ways.