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Where to Meet Halfway Between San Francisco and Vancouver

The best meeting cities between San Francisco and Vancouver, ranked by flying distance from both origins.

San Francisco (SFO) and Vancouver (YVR) are 1,289 km apart in a straight line. The geographic midpoint sits near 43.41°, -122.74°, so an even split puts each traveler on a 644 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 San Francisco and Vancouver

  1. 1. Los Angeles, United States (LAX)

    543 km / 1,741 km

    A sprawling Pacific gateway city, and a practical midpoint between Asia and the rest of the Americas.

    Los Angeles guideLAX airport

  2. 2. Chicago, United States (ORD)

    2,964 km / 2,831 km

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

    Chicago guideORD airport

  3. 3. Toronto, Canada (YYZ)

    3,627 km / 3,346 km

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

    Toronto guideYYZ airport

  4. 4. Montreal, Canada (YUL)

    4,076 km / 3,682 km

    Canada's most European city, and a comfortable transatlantic meeting point between Europe and North America.

    Montreal guideYUL airport

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

    4,152 km / 3,930 km

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

    New York guideJFK airport

  6. 6. Mexico City, Mexico (MEX)

    3,028 km / 3,945 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 SFO and YVR for your date and see which flight pair lands closest together.

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Questions

Where is the halfway point between San Francisco and Vancouver?

The geographic midpoint of the 1,289 km great-circle route between San Francisco (SFO) and Vancouver (YVR) lies near 43.41°, -122.74° — an even split puts each traveler on a flight of about 644 km.

What is the best city to meet halfway between San Francisco and Vancouver?

Los Angeles (LAX) is the featured meeting city with the shortest worst leg: about 543 km from San Francisco and 1,741 km from Vancouver. A sprawling Pacific gateway city, and a practical midpoint between Asia and the rest of the Americas.

How do I find flights that arrive at the same time from San Francisco and Vancouver?

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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