ExceptionalNonstop · 3h
AMS to AGPSpain
Málaga
$81
usually $185
−56%
Most monthly lows $118–$237. Cheaper than every other month on record (9).
Flights · AMS → SEL
Amsterdam to Seoul
Best fare, round trip
$608
−18%
below its usual $745
you keep $137
Found
- Depart
- Wed 4 Nov
- Return
- Wed 11 Nov
- Stay
- 7 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 11.5h
- Airline
China Southern
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $723 and $792. The drop beats 50% of measured fares on the board, over 9 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
South KoreaSeoulPalaces wedged between skyscrapers, barbecue smoke at midnight, cafés that outnumber people.Best windowApr–May · Sep–OctAirportsIncheon (ICN) · Gimpo (GMP)Every route into SeoulFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in November around $608 and peak in July near $1,005, 65% dearer, across the 9 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 11.5 hours outbound, on a 7-night trip — ticketed under China Southern, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $608 for 8,556 km each way, that works out to about $36 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $44 per 1,000 km typical of long-haul fares here. Across the 27 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Seoul, this fare ranks 14th — 33% above the $458 from Istanbul. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 38 routes of similar length we watch out of Amsterdam, where the middle fare is $705. The best time to be in Seoul: Apr–May · Sep–Oct.
Day-level prices for the next 4 months
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 1% lower than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $757 then versus $746 now, across 20 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 $589, on 21 Oct.
Cached day-level data for this route is sparse — 19 of 109 days priced, from 107 tracked fares. The days below are shown as found, with no cheapest-day or below-median call.
October 2026
November 2026
Sunday 1 November: $666. Compare fares from this day.Monday 2 November: $885. Compare fares from this day.3Wednesday 4 November: $608. Compare fares from this day.567Sunday 8 November: $730. Compare fares from this day.910Wednesday 11 November: $683. Compare fares from this day.12131415Monday 16 November: $643. Compare fares from this day.17Wednesday 18 November: $669. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 19 November: $671. Compare fares from this day.2021222324Wednesday 25 November: $682. Compare fares from this day.2627282930
December 2026
12345678910111213Monday 14 December: $746. Compare fares from this day.151617Friday 18 December: $949. Compare fares from this day.19Sunday 20 December: $1.1k. Compare fares from this day.Monday 21 December: $1.2k. Compare fares from this day.22232425262728Tuesday 29 December: $1k. Compare fares from this day.3031
January 2027
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Cached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Nov, around $608
18% below the $745 typical fare
$705Oct, below the usual price. Compare October fares.$608Nov, the cheapest month. Compare November fares.$746Dec, around the usual price. Compare December fares.$723Mar ’27, around the usual price. Compare March fares.$808Apr, above the usual price. Compare April fares.$792May, above the usual price. Compare May fares.$786Jun, above the usual price. Compare June fares.$1005Jul, above the usual price. Compare July fares.$737Sep, around the usual price. Compare September fares.
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualPress a month to compare its fares
Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Amsterdam to Seoul, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Schiphol (AMS) ↔ Incheon (ICN) · Gimpo (GMP)
- Flight time
- ≈11.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈8,556 km each way
- Typical price
- $745 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- China Southern
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Apr–May · Sep–Oct
Good to know
AMS → SEL, answered.
Is $608 a good price for Amsterdam to Seoul?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $745 round-trip and this fare is 18% 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 Amsterdam to Seoul?
Across 9 months of cached-fare history, Nov comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Seoul are Apr–May · Sep–Oct — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book AMS → Seoul?
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 9 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 Amsterdam to Seoul?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under China Southern. 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.
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