Where to Meet Halfway Between Berlin and Los Angeles
The best meeting cities between Berlin and Los Angeles, ranked by flying distance from both origins.
Berlin (BER) and Los Angeles (LAX) are 9,345 km apart in a straight line. The geographic midpoint sits near 65.34°, -71.27°, so an even split puts each traveler on a 4,673 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 Berlin and Los Angeles
1. Montreal, Canada (YUL)
6,025 km / 3,973 kmCanada's most European city, and a comfortable transatlantic meeting point between Europe and North America.
2. New York, United States (JFK)
6,390 km / 3,974 kmA meeting point with direct long-haul connections in almost every direction.
3. Toronto, Canada (YYZ)
6,503 km / 3,494 kmCanada's largest city and a major transatlantic and transpacific connecting point.
4. Reykjavik, Iceland (KEF)
2,432 km / 6,926 kmA small, dramatic capital that doubles as a convenient stopover between North America and Europe.
5. Chicago, United States (ORD)
7,106 km / 2,802 kmA central US hub city, and a practical meeting point between the coasts.
6. Tokyo, Japan (HND)
8,942 km / 8,812 kmAn extraordinarily efficient, safe, and easy city to navigate once you understand the rail map.
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Where is the halfway point between Berlin and Los Angeles?
The geographic midpoint of the 9,345 km great-circle route between Berlin (BER) and Los Angeles (LAX) lies near 65.34°, -71.27° — an even split puts each traveler on a flight of about 4,673 km.
What is the best city to meet halfway between Berlin and Los Angeles?
Montreal (YUL) is the featured meeting city with the shortest worst leg: about 6,025 km from Berlin and 3,973 km from Los Angeles. Canada's most European city, and a comfortable transatlantic meeting point between Europe and North America.
How do I find flights that arrive at the same time from Berlin and Los Angeles?
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.
More on both ends of this trip: Berlin guide · Los Angeles guide · all meeting-point pages