Where to Meet Halfway Between Lyon and Warsaw
The best meeting cities between Lyon and Warsaw, ranked by flying distance from both origins.
Lyon (LYS) and Warsaw (WAW) are 1,358 km apart in a straight line. The geographic midpoint sits near 49.22°, 12.51°, so an even split puts each traveler on a 679 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 Lyon and Warsaw
1. Salzburg, Austria (SZG)
645 km / 748 kmMozart's baroque hometown, close to the German border and an easy add-on to an Alpine meeting point itinerary.
2. Munich, Germany (MUC)
585 km / 777 kmBavaria's capital, and a well-placed connecting point between northern Europe and the Alps.
3. Ljubljana, Slovenia (LJU)
726 km / 812 kmOne of Europe's smallest and greenest capitals, and an easy, calm Alpine-adjacent meeting point.
4. Zagreb, Croatia (ZAG)
851 km / 798 kmCroatia's Central European capital, more Vienna-influenced than its Adriatic coastal cities.
5. Prague, Czech Republic (PRG)
838 km / 521 kmA largely intact medieval old town, and one of Central Europe's most photogenic capitals.
6. Hamburg, Germany (HAM)
946 km / 753 kmGermany's great port city, and a relaxed northern European meeting point built around water.
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Where is the halfway point between Lyon and Warsaw?
The geographic midpoint of the 1,358 km great-circle route between Lyon (LYS) and Warsaw (WAW) lies near 49.22°, 12.51° — an even split puts each traveler on a flight of about 679 km.
What is the best city to meet halfway between Lyon and Warsaw?
Salzburg (SZG) is the featured meeting city with the shortest worst leg: about 645 km from Lyon and 748 km from Warsaw. Mozart's baroque hometown, close to the German border and an easy add-on to an Alpine meeting point itinerary.
How do I find flights that arrive at the same time from Lyon and Warsaw?
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: Lyon guide · Warsaw guide · all meeting-point pages