Route brief · BKK → MNL
Bangkok → Manila
$194
−5% vs typical
seasonal median $205 · difference $11
Nov 18 – Nov 22 · 4 nights
Cebu PacificNonstop
- Usual monthly lows
- $202–$217
- Board rank
- Stronger than 6%
- Route sample
- 10 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 10 months, Nov is the cheapest for BKK → MNL. Best time to be there: Dec–Apr.
Fares on this route stay within about $26 across the 10 months we track — season matters less here than timing the drop. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies Cebu Pacific nonstop and takes about 4 hours outbound, on a 4-night trip. At $194 for 2,209 km each way, that works out to about $44 per 1,000 km flown. That is about the $41 typical of short-haul fares here. Across the 5 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Manila, this fare ranks 4th — 10% above the $176 from Kuala Lumpur.
Cheapest day in the next 3 months: Nov 13 · $199 (21% below median)
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 2% higher than when tracking began on Aug 8 — $245 then versus $251 now, across 5 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 $193, on Nov 11.
September 2026
October 2026
Cheapest in Nov · around $194
5% below the $205 typical fare
Cheapest round-trip fare found per month · Bangkok → Manila · cached-price history
Route facts
- Airports
- Suvarnabhumi (BKK) · Don Mueang (DMK) ↔ Ninoy Aquino (MNL) · Clark (CRK)
- Flight time
- ~4 hours outbound
- Distance
- ~2,209 km each way
- Typical price
- $205 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Cebu Pacific
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Dec–Apr
BKK → MNL, answered.
Is $194 a good price for Bangkok to Manila?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $205 round-trip and this fare is 5% under it, about $11. 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 Bangkok to Manila?
Across 10 months of cached-fare history, Nov 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 BKK → 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 10 months of cached fares, Nov comes out lowest on this route. See /guides/what-moves-a-flight-price/ for what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Bangkok to Manila?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (Cebu Pacific). The outbound leg runs around 4 hours.
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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