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Where to Meet Halfway Between Montreal and New York

The best meeting cities between Montreal and New York, ranked by flying distance from both origins.

Montreal (YUL) and New York (JFK) are 537 km apart in a straight line. The geographic midpoint sits near 43.06°, -73.76°, so an even split puts each traveler on a 269 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 Montreal and New York

  1. 1. Toronto, Canada (YYZ)

    507 km / 589 km

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

    Toronto guideYYZ airport

  2. 2. Chicago, United States (ORD)

    1,201 km / 1,188 km

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

    Chicago guideORD airport

  3. 3. Miami, United States (MIA)

    2,264 km / 1,757 km

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

    Miami guideMIA airport

  4. 4. Havana, Cuba (HAV)

    2,620 km / 2,123 km

    A time-capsule Caribbean capital, unlike anywhere else most travelers will have visited.

    Havana guideHAV airport

  5. 5. Cancún, Mexico (CUN)

    2,970 km / 2,506 km

    Mexico's Caribbean resort gateway, and a straightforward beach-first meeting point.

    Cancún guideCUN airport

  6. 6. Mexico City, Mexico (MEX)

    3,713 km / 3,365 km

    A vast, high-altitude capital with one of the world's richest concentrations of museums.

    Mexico City guideMEX airport

Check real arrival times

Compare live schedules from YUL and JFK for your date and see which flight pair lands closest together.

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Questions

Where is the halfway point between Montreal and New York?

The geographic midpoint of the 537 km great-circle route between Montreal (YUL) and New York (JFK) lies near 43.06°, -73.76° — an even split puts each traveler on a flight of about 269 km.

What is the best city to meet halfway between Montreal and New York?

Toronto (YYZ) is the featured meeting city with the shortest worst leg: about 507 km from Montreal and 589 km from New York. Canada's largest city and a major transatlantic and transpacific connecting point.

How do I find flights that arrive at the same time from Montreal and New York?

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.

Related meeting pairs

More on both ends of this trip: Montreal guide · New York guide · all meeting-point pages