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Where to Meet Halfway Between Budapest and Los Angeles

The best meeting cities between Budapest and Los Angeles, ranked by flying distance from both origins.

Budapest (BUD) and Los Angeles (LAX) are 10,030 km apart in a straight line. The geographic midpoint sits near 66.53°, -64.29°, so an even split puts each traveler on a 5,015 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 Budapest and Los Angeles

  1. 1. Montreal, Canada (YUL)

    6,670 km / 3,973 km

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

    Montreal guideYUL airport

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

    7,016 km / 3,974 km

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

    New York guideJFK airport

  3. 3. Reykjavik, Iceland (KEF)

    3,115 km / 6,926 km

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

    Reykjavik guideKEF airport

  4. 4. Toronto, Canada (YYZ)

    7,154 km / 3,494 km

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

    Toronto guideYYZ airport

  5. 5. Tokyo, Japan (HND)

    9,056 km / 8,812 km

    An extraordinarily efficient, safe, and easy city to navigate once you understand the rail map.

    Tokyo guideHND airport

  6. 6. Chicago, United States (ORD)

    7,769 km / 2,802 km

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

    Chicago guideORD airport

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Questions

Where is the halfway point between Budapest and Los Angeles?

The geographic midpoint of the 10,030 km great-circle route between Budapest (BUD) and Los Angeles (LAX) lies near 66.53°, -64.29° — an even split puts each traveler on a flight of about 5,015 km.

What is the best city to meet halfway between Budapest and Los Angeles?

Montreal (YUL) is the featured meeting city with the shortest worst leg: about 6,670 km from Budapest 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 Budapest 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.

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