Route brief · DUB → IST
Dublin → Istanbul
$183
−11% vs typical
seasonal median $205 · difference $22
Oct 8 – Oct 14 · 6 nights
Ryanair1 stop
- Usual monthly lows
- $190–$211
- Board rank
- Stronger than 24%
- Route sample
- 6 observed months
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
Destination briefISTIstanbulTwo continents, one skyline of minarets. Turkish Airlines’ mega-hub means constant fare battles.Best windowApr–May · Sep–OctAirportsIstanbul (IST) · Sabiha Gökçen (SAW)All routes into IstanbulWhen this route gets cheap.
Cached-fare history: across 6 months, Oct is the cheapest for DUB → IST. Best time to be there: Apr–May · Sep–Oct.
Fares bottom out in October around $183 and peak in March near $267 — a $84 spread across the 6 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 5.5 hours outbound, on a 6-night trip — ticketed under Ryanair, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $183 for 2,955 km each way, that works out to about $31 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $39 typical of medium-haul fares here. Across the 9 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Istanbul, this fare ranks 8th — 1.7× the $110 we hold from London.
Cheapest day in the next 3 months: Oct 8 · $183 (26% below median)
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 2% higher than when tracking began on Aug 8 — $234 then versus $239 now, across 8 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 $183, on Oct 8.
September 2026
Cheapest in Oct · around $183
11% below the $205 typical fare
Cheapest round-trip fare found per month · Dublin → Istanbul · cached-price history
Route facts
- Airports
- Dublin (DUB) ↔ Istanbul (IST) · Sabiha Gökçen (SAW)
- Flight time
- ~5.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ~2,955 km each way
- Typical price
- $205 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Ryanair
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Apr–May · Sep–Oct
DUB → IST, answered.
Is $183 a good price for Dublin to Istanbul?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $205 round-trip and this fare is 11% under it, about $22. 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 Dublin to Istanbul?
Across 6 months of cached-fare history, Oct comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Istanbul are Apr–May · Sep–Oct — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book DUB → Istanbul?
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, Oct comes out lowest on this route. See /guides/what-moves-a-flight-price/ for what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Dublin to Istanbul?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Ryanair. Nonstop options exist on many dates at higher prices — check the live search for your exact dates.
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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