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 → EDI
Frankfurt to Edinburgh
Best fare, round trip
$120
−40%
below its usual $200
you keep $80
RareFound
- Depart
- Fri 15 Jan
- Return
- Mon 18 Jan
- Stay
- 3 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 3h
- Airline
AL
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $168 and $200. The drop beats 88% of measured fares on the board, over 4 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
United KingdomEdinburghA volcanic crag with a castle on it, a medieval old town below, and the Highlands within a morning.Best windowMay–SepAirportsEdinburgh (EDI)Every route into EdinburghFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in January around $120 and peak in August near $255, 113% dearer, across the 4 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 3 hours outbound, on a 3-night trip — ticketed under AL, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $120 for 1,022 km each way, that works out to about $59 per 1,000 km flown. That is above the $41 per 1,000 km typical of short-haul fares here. Across the 5 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Edinburgh, this fare ranks 4th — 1.8× the $68 we hold from Copenhagen. For context, the middle fare among the 9 routes of similar length we watch out of Frankfurt is $112. The best time to be in Edinburgh: May–Sep.
The 8 days we hold a cached fare for
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 15% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $183 then versus $211 now, across 20 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 $84, on 17 Sep.
- Sat 17 Oct$376
- Sun 18 Oct$351
- Mon 19 Oct$222
- Fri 30 Oct$200
- Sat 31 Oct$221
- Thu 14 Jan$121
- Fri 15 Jan$120lowest
- Thu 21 Jan$127
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 17 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Jan, around $120
40% below the $200 typical fare
$200Oct, around the usual price. Compare October fares.$120Jan ’27, the cheapest month. Compare January fares.$168Mar, below the usual price. Compare March fares.$255Aug, above the usual price. Compare August fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Frankfurt to Edinburgh, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Frankfurt (FRA) · Hahn (HHN) ↔ Edinburgh (EDI)
- Flight time
- ≈3 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈1,022 km each way
- Typical price
- $200 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- AL
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- May–Sep
Good to know
FRA → EDI, answered.
Is $120 a good price for Frankfurt to Edinburgh?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $200 round-trip. At $120 you're 40% below that, which we rate rare for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Frankfurt to Edinburgh?
Across 4 months of cached-fare history, Jan comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Edinburgh are May–Sep — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book FRA → Edinburgh?
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 4 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 Frankfurt to Edinburgh?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under AL. 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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