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Where to Meet Halfway Between Rio de Janeiro and Zurich

The best meeting cities between Rio de Janeiro and Zurich, ranked by flying distance from both origins.

Rio de Janeiro (GIG) and Zurich (ZRH) are 9,371 km apart in a straight line. The geographic midpoint sits near 13.62°, -21.62°, so an even split puts each traveler on a 4,686 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 Zurich

  1. 1. New York, United States (JFK)

    7,729 km / 6,309 km

    A meeting point with direct long-haul connections in almost every direction.

    New York guideJFK airport

  2. 2. Miami, United States (MIA)

    6,717 km / 7,845 km

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

    Miami guideMIA airport

  3. 3. Marrakech, Morocco (RAK)

    7,118 km / 2,255 km

    A walled desert-edge city, and the classic gateway to Morocco's medinas and mountains.

    Marrakech guideRAK airport

  4. 4. Havana, Cuba (HAV)

    6,623 km / 8,217 km

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

    Havana guideHAV airport

  5. 5. Johannesburg, South Africa (JNB)

    7,151 km / 8,418 km

    South Africa's economic engine, and the main long-haul gateway to southern Africa.

    Johannesburg guideJNB airport

  6. 6. Toronto, Canada (YYZ)

    8,272 km / 6,491 km

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

    Toronto guideYYZ airport

Check real arrival times

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

Compare GIG and ZRH flights

Questions

Where is the halfway point between Rio de Janeiro and Zurich?

The geographic midpoint of the 9,371 km great-circle route between Rio de Janeiro (GIG) and Zurich (ZRH) lies near 13.62°, -21.62° — an even split puts each traveler on a flight of about 4,686 km.

What is the best city to meet halfway between Rio de Janeiro and Zurich?

New York (JFK) is the featured meeting city with the shortest worst leg: about 7,729 km from Rio de Janeiro and 6,309 km from Zurich. A meeting point with direct long-haul connections in almost every direction.

How do I find flights that arrive at the same time from Rio de Janeiro and Zurich?

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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