GreatNonstop · 3h
CAN to PEKChina
Beijing
$280
usually $435
−36%
Most monthly lows $342–$579. Cheaper than every other month on record (6).
Flights · CAN → IST
Guangzhou to Istanbul
Best fare, round trip
$468
−19%
below its usual $575
you keep $107
Found
- Depart
- Wed 20 Jan
- Return
- Wed 27 Jan
- Stay
- 7 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 16h
- Airline
AirAsia
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $545 and $589. The drop beats 52% of measured fares on the board, over 5 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
TürkiyeIstanbulTwo continents, one skyline of minarets. Turkish Airlines’ mega-hub means constant fare battles.Best windowApr–May · Sep–OctAirportsIstanbul (IST) · Sabiha Gökçen (SAW)Every route into IstanbulFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in January around $468 and peak in February near $589, 26% dearer, across the 5 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 16 hours outbound, on a 7-night trip — ticketed under AirAsia, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $468 for 7,886 km each way, that works out to about $30 per 1,000 km flown. That is well under the $44 per 1,000 km that long-haul fares on this board typically run. Across the 16 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Istanbul, this fare ranks 3rd — 20% above the $390 from Seoul. It is also the cheapest of the 26 routes of similar length we watch out of Guangzhou. The best time to be in Istanbul: Apr–May · Sep–Oct.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 20 Jan '27, $468
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 5% lower than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $640 then versus $609 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 $468, on 20 Jan '27.
October 2026
13141516Saturday 17 October: $802, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 18 October: $777, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.19Tuesday 20 October: $1.1k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.21Thursday 22 October: $717, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.23Saturday 24 October: $609, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 25 October: $582, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.262728Thursday 29 October: $769, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 30 October: $588, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.31
November 2026
12Tuesday 3 November: $606, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.4Thursday 5 November: $526, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 6 November: $526, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 7 November: $551, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.89101112131415161718192021Sunday 22 November: $565, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.23Tuesday 24 November: $577, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.252627282930
December 2026
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January 2027
1Saturday 2 January: $543, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 3 January: $516, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.456789101112131415Saturday 16 January: $690, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.17Monday 18 January: $690, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.19Wednesday 20 January: $468, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.212223242526Wednesday 27 January: $707, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.28293031
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 13 Oct 2026 · bands from 121 tracked fares
Cheapest in Jan, around $468
19% below the $575 typical fare
$582Oct, around the usual price. Compare October fares.$526Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$545Dec, below the usual price. Compare December fares.$468Jan ’27, the cheapest month. Compare January fares.$589Feb, around the usual price. Compare February fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Guangzhou to Istanbul, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Baiyun (CAN) ↔ Istanbul (IST) · Sabiha Gökçen (SAW)
- Flight time
- ≈16 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈7,886 km each way
- Typical price
- $575 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- AirAsia
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Apr–May · Sep–Oct
Good to know
CAN → IST, answered.
Is $468 a good price for Guangzhou to Istanbul?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $575 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 Guangzhou to Istanbul?
Across 5 months of cached-fare history, Jan 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 CAN → 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 5 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 Guangzhou to Istanbul?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under AirAsia. 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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