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 → FRA
Istanbul to Frankfurt
Best fare, round trip
$125
−26%
below its usual $170
you keep $45
GoodFound
- Depart
- Sun 22 Nov
- Return
- Sat 28 Nov
- Stay
- 6 nights
- Flight
- Nonstop · 3.5h
- Airline
Ajet
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $145 and $178. The drop beats 69% of measured fares on the board, over 8 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
GermanyFrankfurtBanking towers and a river beach — mostly a place people change planes, which is exactly why fares through it are cheap.Best windowMay–SepAirportsFrankfurt (FRA) · Hahn (HHN)Every route into FrankfurtFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in November around $116 and peak in May near $242, 109% dearer, across the 8 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies Ajet nonstop and takes about 3.5 hours outbound, on a 6-night trip. At $125 for 1,872 km each way, that works out to about $33 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $41 per 1,000 km typical of short-haul fares here. Across the 4 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Frankfurt, this fare ranks 2nd — 16% above the $108 from Madrid. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 13 routes of similar length we watch out of Istanbul, where the middle fare is $143. The best time to be in Frankfurt: May–Sep.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 11 Nov, $116
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 10% lower than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $203 then versus $182 now, across 17 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 $109, on 18 Nov.
October 2026
13141516Saturday 17 October: $229, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 18 October: $255, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 19 October: $210, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 20 October: $186, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 21 October: $186, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 22 October: $184, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 23 October: $185, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.24Sunday 25 October: $254, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.26Tuesday 27 October: $213, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 28 October: $234, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 29 October: $239, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 30 October: $234, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 31 October: $247, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
November 2026
Sunday 1 November: $233, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 2 November: $219, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.3Wednesday 4 November: $169, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 5 November: $157, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.67Sunday 8 November: $197, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.910Wednesday 11 November: $116, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 12 November: $147, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1314151617Wednesday 18 November: $143, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 19 November: $131, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 20 November: $132, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 21 November: $131, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 22 November: $125, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 23 November: $131, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.242526Friday 27 November: $193, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 28 November: $136, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.29Monday 30 November: $136, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
December 2026
Tuesday 1 December: $182, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2Thursday 3 December: $158, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 4 December: $180, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.5Sunday 6 December: $126, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.7Tuesday 8 December: $151, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.9Thursday 10 December: $183, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 11 December: $260, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1213141516Thursday 17 December: $144, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 18 December: $149, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 19 December: $131, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 20 December: $144, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 21 December: $146, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.222324Friday 25 December: $149, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 26 December: $130, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 27 December: $149, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 28 December: $148, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 29 December: $195, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 30 December: $182, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 31 December: $198, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
January 2027
1Saturday 2 January: $246, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.3456789101112Wednesday 13 January: $193, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.141516171819202122232425262728293031
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 13 Oct 2026 · bands from 150 tracked fares
Cheapest in Nov, around $116
32% below the $170 typical fare
$184Oct, above the usual price. Compare October fares.$116Nov, the cheapest month. Compare November fares.$126Dec, below the usual price. Compare December fares.$163Jan ’27, around the usual price. Compare January fares.$145Feb, below the usual price. Compare February fares.$172Mar, around the usual price. Compare March fares.$242May, above the usual price. Compare May fares.$178Jul, around the usual price. Compare July fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Istanbul to Frankfurt, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Istanbul (IST) · Sabiha Gökçen (SAW) ↔ Frankfurt (FRA) · Hahn (HHN)
- Flight time
- ≈3.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈1,872 km each way
- Typical price
- $170 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Ajet
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- May–Sep
Good to know
IST → FRA, answered.
Is $125 a good price for Istanbul to Frankfurt?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $170 round-trip. At $125 you're 26% below that, which we rate good for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Istanbul to Frankfurt?
Across 8 months of cached-fare history, Nov comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Frankfurt are May–Sep — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book IST → Frankfurt?
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. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Istanbul to Frankfurt?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (Ajet). 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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