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 → EDI
Istanbul to Edinburgh
Best fare, round trip
$234
−13%
below its usual $270
you keep $36
Found
- Depart
- Wed 16 Dec
- Return
- Wed 6 Jan
- Stay
- 21 nights
- Flight
- Nonstop · 4.5h
- Airline
Pegasus
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $247 and $327. The drop beats 32% of measured fares on the board, over 11 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
United KingdomEdinburghA volcanic crag with a castle on it, a medieval old town below, and the Highlands within a morning.Best windowMay–SepAirportsEdinburgh (EDI)Every route into EdinburghFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in November around $203 and peak in July near $352, 73% dearer, across the 11 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies Pegasus nonstop and takes about 4.5 hours outbound, on a 21-night trip. At $234 for 2,854 km each way, that works out to about $41 per 1,000 km flown. That is about the $43 per 1,000 km typical of medium-haul fares here. For context, the middle fare among the 20 routes of similar length we watch out of Istanbul is $194. The best time to be in Edinburgh: May–Sep.
Day-level prices for the next 4 months
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 10% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $241 then versus $264 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 $151, on 22 Nov.
October 2026
13141516Saturday 17 October: $264, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 18 October: $295, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.19Tuesday 20 October: $267, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.212223242526Tuesday 27 October: $353, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.282930Saturday 31 October: $248, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
November 2026
Sunday 1 November: $304, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.23Wednesday 4 November: $247, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 5 November: $244, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.6789Tuesday 10 November: $203, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 11 November: $220, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.12Friday 13 November: $252, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.14151617Wednesday 18 November: $298, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.19202122Monday 23 November: $244, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2425Thursday 26 November: $260, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 27 November: $265, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.282930
December 2026
12Thursday 3 December: $228, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.45678910Friday 11 December: $319, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.12131415Wednesday 16 December: $234, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1718Saturday 19 December: $315, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 20 December: $248, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 21 December: $251, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.22232425262728Tuesday 29 December: $283, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 30 December: $271, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.31
January 2027
12Sunday 3 January: $527, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.4Tuesday 5 January: $266, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.6789101112131415Saturday 16 January: $258, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 17 January: $303, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1819202122232425Tuesday 26 January: $275, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 27 January: $275, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 28 January: $239, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.293031
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 13 Oct 2026 · bands from 129 tracked fares
Cheapest in Nov, around $203
25% below the $270 typical fare
$248Oct, below the usual price. Compare October fares.$203Nov, the cheapest month. Compare November fares.$228Dec, below the usual price. Compare December fares.$239Jan ’27, below the usual price. Compare January fares.$301Feb, above the usual price. Compare February fares.$271Mar, around the usual price. Compare March fares.$327Apr, above the usual price. Compare April fares.$238May, below the usual price. Compare May fares.$348Jun, above the usual price. Compare June fares.$352Jul, above the usual price. Compare July fares.$327Sep, above the usual price. Compare September fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Istanbul to Edinburgh, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Istanbul (IST) · Sabiha Gökçen (SAW) ↔ Edinburgh (EDI)
- Flight time
- ≈4.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈2,854 km each way
- Typical price
- $270 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Pegasus
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- May–Sep
Good to know
IST → EDI, answered.
Is $234 a good price for Istanbul to Edinburgh?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $270 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 Edinburgh?
Across 11 months of cached-fare history, Nov comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Edinburgh are May–Sep — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book IST → Edinburgh?
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 11 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 Edinburgh?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (Pegasus). The outbound leg runs around 4.5 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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