Rare1 stop · 7.5h
AUH to PRGCzechia
Prague
$257
usually $550
−53%
Most monthly lows $269–$564. Cheaper than every other month on record (5).
Flights · AUH → KIX
Abu Dhabi to Osaka
Best fare, round trip
$980
−3%
below its usual $1,010
you keep $30
Found
- Depart
- Mon 16 Nov
- Return
- Wed 25 Nov
- Stay
- 9 nights
- Flight
- 3 stops · 14h
- Airline
Air India Express
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $1,010 and $1,134. The drop beats 1% of measured fares on the board, over 5 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
JapanOsakaJapan with the volume up — street food, blunt humour, and Kyoto and Nara both under an hour by train.Best windowMar–May · Oct–NovAirportsKansai (KIX) · Itami (ITM)Every route into OsakaFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in November around $980 and peak in December near $1,218, 24% dearer, across the 5 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes 3 stops and takes about 14 hours outbound, on a 9-night trip — ticketed under Air India Express, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $980 for 7,707 km each way, that works out to about $64 per 1,000 km flown. That is above the $44 per 1,000 km typical of long-haul fares here. Across the 19 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Osaka, this fare ranks 11th — 1.7× the $582 we hold from Brussels. For context, the middle fare among the 18 routes of similar length we watch out of Abu Dhabi is $590. The best time to be in Osaka: Mar–May · Oct–Nov.
The 8 days we hold a cached fare for
Press a date to compare its fares
The median cached fare across this calendar is 12% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $924 then versus $1,038 now, across 21 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 $771, on 14 Sep.
- Tue 27 Oct$1,012
- Tue 3 Nov$1,063
- Mon 16 Nov$980lowest
- Tue 17 Nov$1,091
- Wed 18 Nov$995
- Thu 19 Nov$1,009
- Sat 21 Nov$1,279
- Sun 6 Dec$1,218
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.
Cached fares · checked 17 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Nov, around $980
3% below the $1,010 typical fare
$1012Oct, around the usual price. Compare October fares.$980Nov, the cheapest month. Compare November fares.$1218Dec, above the usual price. Compare December fares.$1012Mar ’27, around the usual price. Compare March fares.$1134Apr, above the usual price. Compare April fares.
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualPress a month to compare its fares
Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Abu Dhabi to Osaka, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Zayed International (AUH) ↔ Kansai (KIX) · Itami (ITM)
- Flight time
- ≈14 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈7,707 km each way
- Typical price
- $1,010 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Air India Express
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Mar–May · Oct–Nov
Good to know
AUH → KIX, answered.
Is $980 a good price for Abu Dhabi to Osaka?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $1,010 round-trip and this fare is 3% under it. We do not call a drop notable until 20%, so this is an ordinary price for the route rather than a reason to hurry.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Abu Dhabi to Osaka?
Across 5 months of cached-fare history, Nov comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Osaka are Mar–May · Oct–Nov — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book AUH → Osaka?
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 5 months of cached fares, Nov comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Abu Dhabi to Osaka?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Air India Express. We hold no nonstop fare on this route right now, which does not mean none flies — search your exact dates to see what does.
Are these prices guaranteed?
No — these are cached fares found on real searches (this one on 17 October). 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.
Next step
Sleeping in Osaka?
Lock the flight first — then compare stays for 16–25 Nov · 9 nights.
Browse hotelsMissed it?
Cached fares expire. This route has a feed of its own — follow it and the next AUH → KIX drop reaches you as soon as we find it.
Follow this route’s feedKeep browsing
Related routes on the board.
Great1 stop · 8.5h
AUH to BCNSpain
Barcelona
$285
usually $470
−39%
Most monthly lows $351–$495. Cheaper than every other month on record (4).
Great1 stop · 5h
AUH to CAIEgypt
Cairo
$205
usually $305
−33%
Most monthly lows $207–$309. Cheaper than every other month on record (5).
Rare1 stop · 15h
BCN to KIXSpain
Barcelona
$651
usually $1,180
−45%
Most monthly lows $1,167–$1,180. Cheaper than every other month on record (4).
Good2 stops · 15.5h
LIS to KIXPortugal
Lisbon
$978
usually $1,360
−28%
Most monthly lows $1,089–$1,362. Cheaper than every other month on record (3).
GoodNonstop · 2h
TYO to KIXJapan
Tokyo
$61
usually $80
−24%
Most monthly lows $74–$109. Cheaper than every other month on record (8).
