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 → OTP
Istanbul to Bucharest
Best fare, round trip
$103
−10%
below its usual $115
you keep $12
Found
- Depart
- Fri 26 Feb
- Return
- Fri 26 Mar
- Stay
- 28 nights
- Flight
- Nonstop · 2h
- Airline
Tarom
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $105 and $115. The drop beats 21% of measured fares on the board, over 6 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
RomaniaBucharestBelle-époque villas next to communist concrete, and the cheapest capital in the European Union.Best windowMay–Jun · Sep–OctAirportsHenri Coandă (OTP)Every route into BucharestFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in February around $103 and peak in October near $177, 72% dearer, across the 6 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies Tarom nonstop and takes about 2 hours outbound, on a 28-night trip. The best time to be in Bucharest: May–Jun · Sep–Oct.
Day-level prices for the next 4 months
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 25% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $146 then versus $183 now, across 21 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 $91, on 25 Nov.
Cached day-level data for this route is sparse — 18 of 107 days priced, from 121 tracked fares. The days below are shown as found, with no cheapest-day or below-median call.
October 2026
Saturday 17 October: $215. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 18 October: $236. Compare fares from this day.Monday 19 October: $177. Compare fares from this day.20Wednesday 21 October: $202. Compare fares from this day.22Friday 23 October: $212. Compare fares from this day.2425Monday 26 October: $204. Compare fares from this day.2728Thursday 29 October: $202. Compare fares from this day.Friday 30 October: $250. Compare fares from this day.31
November 2026
Sunday 1 November: $171. Compare fares from this day.Monday 2 November: $188. Compare fares from this day.3456789101112131415Monday 16 November: $199. Compare fares from this day.1718Thursday 19 November: $109. Compare fares from this day.202122Monday 23 November: $176. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 24 November: $133. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 25 November: $105. Compare fares from this day.2627282930
December 2026
12345678Wednesday 9 December: $115. Compare fares from this day.10111213141516171819202122Wednesday 23 December: $117. Compare fares from this day.2425262728Tuesday 29 December: $141. Compare fares from this day.3031
January 2027
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Cached fares · checked 17 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Feb, around $103
10% below the $115 typical fare
$177Oct, above the usual price. Compare October fares.$105Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$115Dec, around the usual price. Compare December fares.$103Feb ’27, the cheapest month. Compare February fares.$114Apr, around the usual price. Compare April fares.$105Aug, below the usual price. Compare August fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Istanbul to Bucharest, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Istanbul (IST) · Sabiha Gökçen (SAW) ↔ Henri Coandă (OTP)
- Flight time
- ≈2 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈461 km each way
- Typical price
- $115 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Tarom
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- May–Jun · Sep–Oct
Good to know
IST → OTP, answered.
Is $103 a good price for Istanbul to Bucharest?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $115 round-trip and this fare is 10% 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 Bucharest?
Across 6 months of cached-fare history, Feb comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Bucharest are May–Jun · Sep–Oct — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book IST → Bucharest?
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 6 months of cached fares, Feb 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 Bucharest?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (Tarom). The outbound leg runs around 2 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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