Route brief · AUH → MNL
Abu Dhabi → Manila
$520
−24% vs typical
seasonal median $680 · difference $160
Oct 2 – Oct 7 · 5 nights
Saudia1 stop
- Usual monthly lows
- $668–$851
- Board rank
- Stronger than 66%
- Route sample
- 7 observed months
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
Destination briefMNLManilaChaotic, warm and mostly a gateway — the islands worth the trip are a cheap domestic hop away.Best windowDec–AprAirportsNinoy Aquino (MNL) · Clark (CRK)All routes into ManilaWhen this route gets cheap.
Cached-fare history: across 7 months, Oct is the cheapest for AUH → MNL. Best time to be there: Dec–Apr.
Fares bottom out in October around $520 and peak in July near $1,557 — a $1,037 spread across the 7 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 12 hours outbound, on a 5-night trip — ticketed under Saudia, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $520 for 7,005 km each way, that works out to about $37 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $44 typical of long-haul fares here. Across the 3 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Manila, this fare ranks 3rd — 35% above the $384 from Dubai. For context, the middle fare among the 25 routes of similar length we watch out of Abu Dhabi is $493.
The 4 days we hold a cached fare for
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 10% lower than when tracking began on Aug 8 — $643 then versus $578 now, across 8 recorded snapshots. This is a calendar-level trend, so an individual deal above can be lower. The lowest single day we have seen here is $526, on Oct 15.
These are the only days we have a cached price for on this route so far — not the only days it flies. The search above covers any date.
Cheapest in Oct · around $520
24% below the $680 typical fare
Cheapest round-trip fare found per month · Abu Dhabi → Manila · cached-price history
Route facts
- Airports
- Zayed International (AUH) ↔ Ninoy Aquino (MNL) · Clark (CRK)
- Flight time
- ~12 hours outbound
- Distance
- ~7,005 km each way
- Typical price
- $680 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Saudia
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Dec–Apr
AUH → MNL, answered.
Is $520 a good price for Abu Dhabi to Manila?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $680 round-trip. At $520 you're 24% below that, saving about $160, which we rate good for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Abu Dhabi to Manila?
Across 7 months of cached-fare history, Oct comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Manila are Dec–Apr — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book AUH → Manila?
We do not publish a number for this, because we cannot measure it yet. Answering it honestly means watching the same departure date on this route over many weeks as it approaches, and that archive is still filling up — so any "book N days ahead" figure here would be borrowed from somewhere else rather than measured. What we can measure is which month is cheap: across 7 months of cached fares, Oct comes out lowest on this route. See /guides/what-moves-a-flight-price/ for what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Abu Dhabi to Manila?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Saudia. Nonstop options exist on many dates at higher prices — check the live search for your exact dates.
Are these prices guaranteed?
No — these are cached fares found on real searches (this one on September 1). Airlines reprice constantly, so the booking search re-checks the live price before you pay. Fresher finds are far more likely to still be available.
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