ExceptionalNonstop · 2.5h
FRA to ALCSpain
Alicante
$60
usually $235
−74%
Most monthly lows $146–$236. Cheaper than every other month on record (3).
Flights · FRA → OTP
Frankfurt to Bucharest
Best fare, round trip
$153
−24%
below its usual $200
you keep $47
GoodFound
- Depart
- Sat 7 Nov
- Return
- Sat 21 Nov
- Stay
- 14 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 4.5h
- Airline
Ryanair
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $180 and $217. The drop beats 65% of measured fares on the board, over 5 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
RomaniaBucharestBelle-époque villas next to communist concrete, and the cheapest capital in the European Union.Best windowMay–Jun · Sep–OctAirportsHenri Coandă (OTP)Every route into BucharestFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in November around $153 and peak in October near $232, 52% dearer, across the 5 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 4.5 hours outbound, on a 14-night trip — ticketed under Ryanair, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $153 for 1,449 km each way, that works out to about $53 per 1,000 km flown. That is above the $41 per 1,000 km typical of short-haul fares here. Across the 10 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Bucharest, this fare ranks 7th — 3.9× the $39 we hold from Milan. For context, the middle fare among the 10 routes of similar length we watch out of Frankfurt is $130. The best time to be in Bucharest: May–Jun · Sep–Oct.
The 8 days we hold a cached fare for
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 28% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $191 then versus $245 now, across 17 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 $107, on 31 Oct.
- Sun 18 Oct$258
- Tue 27 Oct$232
- Sat 7 Nov$153lowest
- Tue 10 Nov$173
- Sat 19 Dec$275
- Wed 23 Dec$279
- Thu 24 Dec$257
- Wed 30 Dec$217
These are the only days we have a cached price for on this route so far — not the only days it flies. The search above covers any date.
Cached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Nov, around $153
24% below the $200 typical fare
$232Oct, above the usual price. Compare October fares.$153Nov, the cheapest month. Compare November fares.$217Dec, above the usual price. Compare December fares.$180May ’27, below the usual price. Compare May fares.$198Aug, around the usual price. Compare August fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Frankfurt to Bucharest, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Frankfurt (FRA) · Hahn (HHN) ↔ Henri Coandă (OTP)
- Flight time
- ≈4.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈1,449 km each way
- Typical price
- $200 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Ryanair
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- May–Jun · Sep–Oct
Good to know
FRA → OTP, answered.
Is $153 a good price for Frankfurt to Bucharest?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $200 round-trip. At $153 you're 24% below that, which we rate good for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Frankfurt to Bucharest?
Across 5 months of cached-fare history, Nov comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Bucharest are May–Jun · Sep–Oct — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book FRA → Bucharest?
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 5 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 Frankfurt to Bucharest?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Ryanair. 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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