Where to Meet Halfway Between New York and Toronto
The best meeting cities between New York and Toronto, ranked by flying distance from both origins.
New York (JFK) and Toronto (YYZ) are 589 km apart in a straight line. The geographic midpoint sits near 42.20°, -76.63°, so an even split puts each traveler on a 294 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 New York and Toronto
1. Montreal, Canada (YUL)
537 km / 507 kmCanada's most European city, and a comfortable transatlantic meeting point between Europe and North America.
2. Chicago, United States (ORD)
1,188 km / 701 kmA central US hub city, and a practical meeting point between the coasts.
3. Miami, United States (MIA)
1,757 km / 1,989 kmA subtropical gateway city between North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
4. Havana, Cuba (HAV)
2,123 km / 2,314 kmA time-capsule Caribbean capital, unlike anywhere else most travelers will have visited.
5. Cancún, Mexico (CUN)
2,506 km / 2,605 kmMexico's Caribbean resort gateway, and a straightforward beach-first meeting point.
6. Mexico City, Mexico (MEX)
3,365 km / 3,247 kmA vast, high-altitude capital with one of the world's richest concentrations of museums.
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Where is the halfway point between New York and Toronto?
The geographic midpoint of the 589 km great-circle route between New York (JFK) and Toronto (YYZ) lies near 42.20°, -76.63° — an even split puts each traveler on a flight of about 294 km.
What is the best city to meet halfway between New York and Toronto?
Montreal (YUL) is the featured meeting city with the shortest worst leg: about 537 km from New York and 507 km from Toronto. 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 New York and Toronto?
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.
More on both ends of this trip: New York guide · Toronto guide · all meeting-point pages