#1
Best Places to Meet Halfway Between Portland and Zurich
Best overall match
Washington, United States
Best overall balance of travel time, flight price, weather, hotel cost and flight availability.
✈ Portland 4h 40m
✈ Zurich 8h 40m
From €2111 combined
The Best Meeting Point for Portland and Zurich: Washington, United States
17 destinations can be reached directly from both Portland and Zurich on the same outbound and return dates. Washington, United States is our best overall match, while Philadelphia, United States has the shortest travel time, London, United Kingdom has the cheapest flights, Los Angeles, United States has the best weather, Cancun, Mexico has the lowest hotel costs, and Los Angeles, United States offers the most matching flight options . You can also search all 17 matching destinations with our destination finder .
Best by Category
Shortest travel time
Philadelphia, United States
5h from Portland ·
8h 20m from Zurich
Cheapest flights
London, United Kingdom
From €931 combined
Best weather
Los Angeles, United States
23°C
Cheapest hotels
Cancun, Mexico
€30/night
Most flight options
Los Angeles, United States
642 matching trips
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Atlanta, United States
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Philadelphia, United States
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Los Angeles, United States
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New York, United States
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Newark, United States
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Boston, United States
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Chicago, United States
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San Francisco, United States
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Frankfurt, Germany
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London, United Kingdom
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Vancouver, Canada
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Cancun, Mexico
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Las Vegas, United States
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Calgary, Canada
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Miami, United States
Frequently Asked Questions
Why direct flights from both cities instead of a geographic midpoint?
A map midpoint between Portland 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 Portland and someone from Zurich meet halfway?
Any destination on this page works as a meet-in-the-middle point: both Portland 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 Portland and Zurich?
Every option here is reachable on a direct flight from both Portland and Zurich, including international routes, so a cross-border meet-up needs no connections on either side.
Can we search from Zurich and Portland instead?
The order does not matter. Portland to Zurich and Zurich to Portland produce the same destinations, since a direct route works both ways.