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Where to Meet Halfway Between Bristol and San Francisco

The best meeting cities between Bristol and San Francisco, ranked by flying distance from both origins.

Bristol (BRS) and San Francisco (SFO) are 8,514 km apart in a straight line. The geographic midpoint sits near 62.44°, -74.08°, so an even split puts each traveler on a 4,257 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 Bristol and San Francisco

  1. 1. Montreal, Canada (YUL)

    5,073 km / 4,076 km

    Canada's most European city, and a comfortable transatlantic meeting point between Europe and North America.

  2. 2. New York, United States (JFK)

    5,393 km / 4,152 km

    A meeting point with direct long-haul connections in almost every direction.

  3. 3. Toronto, Canada (YYZ)

    5,568 km / 3,627 km

    Canada's largest city and a major transatlantic and transpacific connecting point.

  4. 4. Chicago, United States (ORD)

    6,209 km / 2,964 km

    A central US hub city, and a practical meeting point between the coasts.

  5. 5. Miami, United States (MIA)

    6,955 km / 4,154 km

    A subtropical gateway city between North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

  6. 6. Reykjavik, Iceland (KEF)

    1,817 km / 6,748 km

    A small, dramatic capital that doubles as a convenient stopover between North America and Europe.

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Questions

Where is the halfway point between Bristol and San Francisco?

The geographic midpoint of the 8,514 km great-circle route between Bristol (BRS) and San Francisco (SFO) lies near 62.44°, -74.08° — an even split puts each traveler on a flight of about 4,257 km.

What is the best city to meet halfway between Bristol and San Francisco?

Montreal (YUL) is the featured meeting city with the shortest worst leg: about 5,073 km from Bristol and 4,076 km from San Francisco. 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 Bristol and San Francisco?

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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