ExceptionalNonstop · 3h
BCN to EDIUnited Kingdom
Edinburgh
$47
usually $175
−73%
Most monthly lows $69–$207. Cheaper than every other month on record (5).
Flights · BCN → TYO
Barcelona to Tokyo
Best fare, round trip
$638
−19%
below its usual $785
you keep $147
Found
- Depart
- Mon 4 Jan
- Return
- Mon 18 Jan
- Stay
- 14 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 15.5h
- Airline
Air China
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $680 and $880. The drop beats 52% of measured fares on the board, over 10 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
JapanTokyoNeon canyons, 3am ramen, and the world’s most polite chaos. The yen is kind to visitors right now.Best windowMar–May · Oct–NovAirportsNarita (NRT) · Haneda (HND)Every route into TokyoFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in January around $638 and peak in August near $1,134, 78% dearer, across the 10 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 15.5 hours outbound, on a 14-night trip — ticketed under Air China, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $638 for 10,413 km each way, that works out to about $31 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $44 per 1,000 km typical of long-haul fares here. Across the 34 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Tokyo, this fare ranks 10th — 9% above the $584 from Dubai. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 36 routes of similar length we watch out of Barcelona, where the middle fare is $767. The best time to be in Tokyo: Mar–May · Oct–Nov.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 4 Jan '27, $638
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 11% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $928 then versus $1,032 now, across 24 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 $638, on 4 Jan '27.
October 2026
Saturday 17 October: $1.2k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 18 October: $1.2k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 19 October: $1.3k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.20Wednesday 21 October: $1.1k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 22 October: $1.2k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 23 October: $1.1k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 24 October: $1.1k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.25Monday 26 October: $1.1k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 27 October: $969, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 28 October: $880, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.29Friday 30 October: $994, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.31
November 2026
123Wednesday 4 November: $846, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 5 November: $880, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.67Sunday 8 November: $906, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 9 November: $1k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1011121314Sunday 15 November: $1k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.161718192021222324252627282930
December 2026
1234567Tuesday 8 December: $743, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.9Thursday 10 December: $823, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.11Saturday 12 December: $943, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.131415Wednesday 16 December: $1k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 17 December: $1.2k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 18 December: $1.2k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 19 December: $1.2k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 20 December: $1.2k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 21 December: $1.2k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 22 December: $1.2k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.232425Saturday 26 December: $1.2k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.27Monday 28 December: $1k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.293031
January 2027
Friday 1 January: $911, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 2 January: $1.5k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.3Monday 4 January: $638, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.5Wednesday 6 January: $678, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.7Friday 8 January: $703, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 9 January: $715, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.101112Wednesday 13 January: $810, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.141516171819Wednesday 20 January: $744, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2122232425262728293031
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 17 Oct 2026 · bands from 127 tracked fares
Cheapest in Jan, around $638
19% below the $785 typical fare
$880Oct, above the usual price. Compare October fares.$846Nov, above the usual price. Compare November fares.$743Dec, below the usual price. Compare December fares.$638Jan ’27, the cheapest month. Compare January fares.$680Feb, below the usual price. Compare February fares.$669Mar, below the usual price. Compare March fares.$728Apr, below the usual price. Compare April fares.$787May, around the usual price. Compare May fares.$1039Jul, above the usual price. Compare July fares.$1134Aug, above the usual price. Compare August fares.
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualPress a month to compare its fares
Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Barcelona to Tokyo, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- El Prat (BCN) ↔ Narita (NRT) · Haneda (HND)
- Flight time
- ≈15.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈10,413 km each way
- Typical price
- $785 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Air China
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Mar–May · Oct–Nov
Good to know
BCN → TYO, answered.
Is $638 a good price for Barcelona to Tokyo?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $785 round-trip and this fare is 19% 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 Barcelona to Tokyo?
Across 10 months of cached-fare history, Jan comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Tokyo are Mar–May · Oct–Nov — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book BCN → Tokyo?
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, Jan comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Barcelona to Tokyo?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Air China. 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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