Rare1 stop · 12h
IST to YULCanada
Montreal
$462
usually $775
−40%
Most monthly lows $690–$798. Cheaper than every other month on record (8).
Flights · IST → AMS
Istanbul to Amsterdam
Best fare, round trip
$161
−27%
below its usual $220
you keep $59
GoodFound
- Depart
- Mon 23 Nov
- Return
- Fri 27 Nov
- Stay
- 4 nights
- Flight
- Nonstop · 4h
- Airline
Pegasus
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $176 and $240. The drop beats 72% of measured fares on the board, over 10 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
NetherlandsAmsterdamCanals, Vermeers and bicycles with right of way. KLM’s network makes it a deal-alert regular.Best windowApr–May · SepAirportsSchiphol (AMS)Every route into AmsterdamFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in November around $161 and peak in April near $250, 55% dearer, across the 10 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies Pegasus nonstop and takes about 4 hours outbound, on a 4-night trip. At $161 for 2,213 km each way, that works out to about $36 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $41 per 1,000 km typical of short-haul fares here. Across the 3 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Amsterdam, this fare ranks 2nd — 18% above the $136 from Lisbon. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 16 routes of similar length we watch out of Istanbul, where the middle fare is $167. The best time to be in Amsterdam: Apr–May · Sep.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 23 Nov, $161
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 7% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $222 then versus $238 now, across 19 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 $147, on 9 Oct.
October 2026
1516Saturday 17 October: $293, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 18 October: $306, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 19 October: $263, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 20 October: $246, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 21 October: $262, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 22 October: $265, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 23 October: $326, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 24 October: $340, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 25 October: $325, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 26 October: $252, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 27 October: $355, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.28Thursday 29 October: $252, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 30 October: $251, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.31
November 2026
Sunday 1 November: $253, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 2 November: $239, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 3 November: $240, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 4 November: $262, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 5 November: $227, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 6 November: $230, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 7 November: $221, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 8 November: $263, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 9 November: $209, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 10 November: $182, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 11 November: $184, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 12 November: $276, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 13 November: $218, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 14 November: $271, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 15 November: $287, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1617181920Saturday 21 November: $192, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.22Monday 23 November: $161, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 24 November: $163, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 25 November: $193, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 26 November: $172, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.27282930
December 2026
Tuesday 1 December: $224, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 2 December: $202, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.3Friday 4 December: $213, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.56789Thursday 10 December: $194, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 11 December: $225, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.12131415Wednesday 16 December: $210, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.17Friday 18 December: $188, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.192021Tuesday 22 December: $295, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 23 December: $195, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.24Friday 25 December: $215, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2627Monday 28 December: $223, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.29Wednesday 30 December: $236, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.31
January 2027
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026 · bands from 154 tracked fares
Cheapest in Nov, around $161
27% below the $220 typical fare
$220Oct, around the usual price. Compare October fares.$161Nov, the cheapest month. Compare November fares.$175Dec, below the usual price. Compare December fares.$176Jan ’27, below the usual price. Compare January fares.$200Feb, below the usual price. Compare February fares.$208Mar, below the usual price. Compare March fares.$250Apr, above the usual price. Compare April fares.$237May, above the usual price. Compare May fares.$240Jun, above the usual price. Compare June fares.$247Jul, above the usual price. Compare July fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Istanbul to Amsterdam, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Istanbul (IST) · Sabiha Gökçen (SAW) ↔ Schiphol (AMS)
- Flight time
- ≈4 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈2,213 km each way
- Typical price
- $220 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Pegasus
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Apr–May · Sep
Good to know
IST → AMS, answered.
Is $161 a good price for Istanbul to Amsterdam?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $220 round-trip. At $161 you're 27% below that, which we rate good for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Istanbul to Amsterdam?
Across 10 months of cached-fare history, Nov comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Amsterdam are Apr–May · Sep — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book IST → Amsterdam?
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 10 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 Istanbul to Amsterdam?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (Pegasus). The outbound leg runs around 4 hours.
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.
Next step
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