Where to Meet Halfway Between Belfast and Dublin
The best meeting cities between Belfast and Dublin, ranked by flying distance from both origins.
Belfast (BFS) and Dublin (DUB) are 138 km apart in a straight line. The geographic midpoint sits near 54.04°, -6.24°, so an even split puts each traveler on a 69 km flight. In practice the better meeting city is the one whose flights actually arrive together — the list below starts from distance, and the search underneath it checks real schedules for your date.
Best cities to meet between Belfast and Dublin
1. Liverpool, United Kingdom (LPL)
265 km / 227 kmA resurgent port city with strong transatlantic ties, and a lower-key alternative to London for a UK meeting point.
2. Manchester, United Kingdom (MAN)
295 km / 265 kmA reinvented industrial city, and northern England's busiest airport outside London.
3. Glasgow, United Kingdom (GLA)
176 km / 297 kmScotland's largest city, with a grittier, more industrial character than Edinburgh and a strong live-music scene.
4. Edinburgh, United Kingdom (EDI)
230 km / 337 kmA castle-topped capital that's an easy, scenic stop between Britain and the rest of Europe.
5. Cardiff, United Kingdom (CWL)
410 km / 300 kmWales' compact capital, an easy rail hop from London, and a good-value UK meeting point.
6. Bristol, United Kingdom (BRS)
433 km / 331 kmA creative West of England city with fast rail links to London and Wales, useful as a lower-key UK meeting point.
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Where is the halfway point between Belfast and Dublin?
The geographic midpoint of the 138 km great-circle route between Belfast (BFS) and Dublin (DUB) lies near 54.04°, -6.24° — an even split puts each traveler on a flight of about 69 km.
What is the best city to meet halfway between Belfast and Dublin?
Liverpool (LPL) is the featured meeting city with the shortest worst leg: about 265 km from Belfast and 227 km from Dublin. A resurgent port city with strong transatlantic ties, and a lower-key alternative to London for a UK meeting point.
How do I find flights that arrive at the same time from Belfast and Dublin?
Fly2Meet compares real departure schedules from both cities on a date you choose and ranks the flight pairs whose arrival times land closest together, so neither traveler waits long at the airport. It is free and needs no account.
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More on both ends of this trip: Belfast guide · Dublin guide · all meeting-point pages