Route brief · CAN → MNL
Guangzhou → Manila
$225
−4% vs typical
seasonal median $235 · difference $10
Nov 11 – Nov 24 · 13 nights
Cebu PacificNonstop
- Usual monthly lows
- $229–$239
- Board rank
- Stronger than 4%
- Route sample
- 8 observed months
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
Destination briefMNLManilaChaotic, warm and mostly a gateway — the islands worth the trip are a cheap domestic hop away.Best windowDec–AprAirportsNinoy Aquino (MNL) · Clark (CRK)All routes into ManilaWhen this route gets cheap.
Cached-fare history: across 8 months, Nov is the cheapest for CAN → MNL. Best time to be there: Dec–Apr.
Fares on this route stay within about $19 across the 8 months we track — season matters less here than timing the drop. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies Cebu Pacific nonstop and takes about 3 hours outbound, on a 13-night trip. At $225 for 1,248 km each way, that works out to about $90 per 1,000 km flown. That is above the $41 typical of short-haul fares here.
Cheapest day in the next 3 months: Sep 23 · $221 (11% below median)
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The median cached fare across this calendar is unchanged since tracking began on Aug 8 — $249 then versus $249 now, across 3 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 $221, on Sep 23.
September 2026
October 2026
Cheapest in Nov · around $225
4% below the $235 typical fare
Cheapest round-trip fare found per month · Guangzhou → Manila · cached-price history
Route facts
- Airports
- Baiyun (CAN) ↔ Ninoy Aquino (MNL) · Clark (CRK)
- Flight time
- ~3 hours outbound
- Distance
- ~1,248 km each way
- Typical price
- $235 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Cebu Pacific
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Dec–Apr
CAN → MNL, answered.
Is $225 a good price for Guangzhou to Manila?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $235 round-trip and this fare is 4% under it, about $10. 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 Manila?
Across 8 months of cached-fare history, Nov comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Manila are Dec–Apr — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book CAN → Manila?
We do not publish a number for this, because we cannot measure it yet.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 8 months of cached fares, Nov comes out lowest on this route. See /guides/what-moves-a-flight-price/ for what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Guangzhou to Manila?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (Cebu Pacific). The outbound leg runs around 3 hours.
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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