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 → BRU
Istanbul to Brussels
Best fare, round trip
$140
−13%
below its usual $160
you keep $20
Found
- Depart
- Wed 23 Dec
- Return
- Fri 8 Jan
- Stay
- 16 nights
- Flight
- Nonstop · 3.5h
- Airline
Pegasus
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $152 and $185. The drop beats 32% of measured fares on the board, over 8 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
BelgiumBrusselsArt nouveau, three beer styles you cannot get elsewhere, and Bruges and Ghent under an hour by train.Best windowApr–Jun · SepAirportsZaventem (BRU) · Charleroi (CRL)Every route into BrusselsFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in December around $121 and peak in June near $272, 125% dearer, across the 8 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies Pegasus nonstop and takes about 3.5 hours outbound, on a 16-night trip. At $140 for 2,181 km each way, that works out to about $32 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 Brussels, this fare ranks 3rd — 56% above the $90 from Lisbon. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 15 routes of similar length we watch out of Istanbul, where the middle fare is $166. The best time to be in Brussels: Apr–Jun · Sep.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 19 Dec, $121
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 24% lower than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $232 then versus $177 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 $103, on 15 Oct.
October 2026
13141516Saturday 17 October: $169, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 18 October: $241, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 19 October: $294, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 20 October: $191, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.21Thursday 22 October: $185, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 23 October: $212, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2425Monday 26 October: $244, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2728293031
November 2026
December 2026
123Friday 4 December: $176, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.5Sunday 6 December: $156, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 7 December: $151, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.8910111213141516Thursday 17 December: $200, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.18Saturday 19 December: $121, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 20 December: $145, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 21 December: $146, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.22Wednesday 23 December: $140, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 24 December: $163, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 25 December: $164, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 26 December: $168, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 27 December: $189, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 28 December: $175, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 29 December: $200, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 30 December: $172, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.31
January 2027
123Monday 4 January: $178, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 5 January: $200, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.678910Monday 11 January: $191, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1213141516171819202122Saturday 23 January: $158, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2425262728293031
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 13 Oct 2026 · bands from 141 tracked fares
Cheapest in Dec, around $121
24% below the $160 typical fare
$169Oct, above the usual price. Compare October fares.$152Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$121Dec, the cheapest month. Compare December fares.$158Jan ’27, around the usual price. Compare January fares.$245Apr, above the usual price. Compare April fares.$159May, around the usual price. Compare May fares.$272Jun, above the usual price. Compare June fares.$151Aug, below the usual price. Compare August fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Istanbul to Brussels, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Istanbul (IST) · Sabiha Gökçen (SAW) ↔ Zaventem (BRU) · Charleroi (CRL)
- Flight time
- ≈3.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈2,181 km each way
- Typical price
- $160 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Pegasus
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Apr–Jun · Sep
Good to know
IST → BRU, answered.
Is $140 a good price for Istanbul to Brussels?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $160 round-trip and this fare is 13% 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 Istanbul to Brussels?
Across 8 months of cached-fare history, Dec comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Brussels are Apr–Jun · Sep — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book IST → Brussels?
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, Dec 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 Brussels?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (Pegasus). The outbound leg runs around 3.5 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.
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