Where to Meet Halfway Between Rio de Janeiro and Seoul
The best meeting cities between Rio de Janeiro and Seoul, ranked by flying distance from both origins.
Rio de Janeiro (GIG) and Seoul (ICN) are 18,111 km apart in a straight line. The geographic midpoint sits near 47.82°, 1.95°, so an even split puts each traveler on a 9,055 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 Rio de Janeiro and Seoul
1. Lyon, France (LYS)
9,047 km / 9,066 kmFrance's food capital, and a well-placed rail hub between Paris and the south.
2. Nice, France (NCE)
9,004 km / 9,116 kmThe French Riviera's main gateway, and a relaxed, sunny meeting point on the Mediterranean.
3. Cardiff, United Kingdom (CWL)
9,124 km / 8,994 kmWales' compact capital, an easy rail hop from London, and a good-value UK meeting point.
4. Geneva, Switzerland (GVA)
9,143 km / 8,971 kmA lakeside diplomatic capital, and one of the fastest airport-to-downtown connections in Europe.
5. Bristol, United Kingdom (BRS)
9,149 km / 8,968 kmA creative West of England city with fast rail links to London and Wales, useful as a lower-key UK meeting point.
6. Rome, Italy (FCO)
9,172 km / 8,965 kmThree thousand years of history packed into a city you can still cover mostly on foot.
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Where is the halfway point between Rio de Janeiro and Seoul?
The geographic midpoint of the 18,111 km great-circle route between Rio de Janeiro (GIG) and Seoul (ICN) lies near 47.82°, 1.95° — an even split puts each traveler on a flight of about 9,055 km.
What is the best city to meet halfway between Rio de Janeiro and Seoul?
Lyon (LYS) is the featured meeting city with the shortest worst leg: about 9,047 km from Rio de Janeiro and 9,066 km from Seoul. France's food capital, and a well-placed rail hub between Paris and the south.
How do I find flights that arrive at the same time from Rio de Janeiro and Seoul?
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: Rio de Janeiro guide · Seoul guide · all meeting-point pages