Where to Meet Halfway Between Lima and San Francisco
The best meeting cities between Lima and San Francisco, ranked by flying distance from both origins.
Lima (LIM) and San Francisco (SFO) are 7,259 km apart in a straight line. The geographic midpoint sits near 13.81°, -97.24°, so an even split puts each traveler on a 3,629 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 Lima and San Francisco
1. Cancún, Mexico (CUN)
3,828 km / 3,871 kmMexico's Caribbean resort gateway, and a straightforward beach-first meeting point.
2. Havana, Cuba (HAV)
3,936 km / 4,129 kmA time-capsule Caribbean capital, unlike anywhere else most travelers will have visited.
3. Miami, United States (MIA)
4,219 km / 4,154 kmA subtropical gateway city between North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
4. Mexico City, Mexico (MEX)
4,245 km / 3,028 kmA vast, high-altitude capital with one of the world's richest concentrations of museums.
5. Panama City, Panama (PTY)
2,359 km / 5,344 kmThe narrowest crossing point between two oceans, and a genuine hemispheric meeting point.
6. New York, United States (JFK)
5,866 km / 4,152 kmA meeting point with direct long-haul connections in almost every direction.
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Compare LIM and SFO flightsQuestions
Where is the halfway point between Lima and San Francisco?
The geographic midpoint of the 7,259 km great-circle route between Lima (LIM) and San Francisco (SFO) lies near 13.81°, -97.24° — an even split puts each traveler on a flight of about 3,629 km.
What is the best city to meet halfway between Lima and San Francisco?
Cancún (CUN) is the featured meeting city with the shortest worst leg: about 3,828 km from Lima and 3,871 km from San Francisco. Mexico's Caribbean resort gateway, and a straightforward beach-first meeting point.
How do I find flights that arrive at the same time from Lima 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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More on both ends of this trip: Lima guide · San Francisco guide · all meeting-point pages