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 → ZNZ
Barcelona to Zanzibar
Best fare, round trip
$729
−9%
below its usual $800
you keep $71
Found
- Depart
- Thu 28 Jan
- Return
- Thu 11 Feb
- Stay
- 14 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 12h
- Airline
Etihad
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $744 and $808. The drop beats 18% of measured fares on the board, over 6 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
TanzaniaZanzibarStone Town’s carved doors and spice markets, then white sand on the east coast — often bolted onto a safari.Best windowJun–OctAirportsAbeid Amani Karume (ZNZ)Every route into ZanzibarFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in January around $658 and peak in July near $1,001, 52% dearer, across the 6 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 12 hours outbound, on a 14-night trip — ticketed under Etihad, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $729 for 6,490 km each way, that works out to about $56 per 1,000 km flown. That is above the $44 per 1,000 km typical of long-haul fares here. Across the 25 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Zanzibar, this fare ranks 11th — 31% above the $557 from Istanbul. For context, the middle fare among the 14 routes of similar length we watch out of Barcelona is $712. The best time to be in Zanzibar: Jun–Oct.
Day-level prices for the next 4 months
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 19% lower than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $996 then versus $808 now, across 18 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 $602, on 6 Nov.
Cached day-level data for this route is sparse — 13 of 111 days priced, from 50 tracked fares. The days below are shown as found, with no cheapest-day or below-median call.
October 2026
November 2026
Sunday 1 November: $808. Compare fares from this day.23456789101112131415Monday 16 November: $744. Compare fares from this day.1718192021222324252627282930
December 2026
January 2027
123456789101112131415161718Tuesday 19 January: $658. Compare fares from this day.20212223242526Wednesday 27 January: $797. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 28 January: $729. Compare fares from this day.293031
Cached fares · checked 13 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Jan, around $658
18% below the $800 typical fare
$799Oct, around the usual price. Compare October fares.$744Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$677Dec, below the usual price. Compare December fares.$658Jan ’27, the cheapest month. Compare January fares.$794Jun, around the usual price. Compare June fares.$1001Jul, above the usual price. Compare July fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Barcelona to Zanzibar, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- El Prat (BCN) ↔ Abeid Amani Karume (ZNZ)
- Flight time
- ≈12 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈6,490 km each way
- Typical price
- $800 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Etihad
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Jun–Oct
Good to know
BCN → ZNZ, answered.
Is $729 a good price for Barcelona to Zanzibar?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $800 round-trip and this fare is 9% 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 Zanzibar?
Across 6 months of cached-fare history, Jan comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Zanzibar are Jun–Oct — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book BCN → Zanzibar?
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 6 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 Zanzibar?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Etihad. 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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