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 → GVA
Istanbul to Geneva
Best fare, round trip
$130
−13%
below its usual $150
you keep $20
Found
- Depart
- Tue 1 Dec
- Return
- Fri 4 Dec
- Stay
- 3 nights
- Flight
- Nonstop · 3.5h
- Airline
Pegasus
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $145 and $209. 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.
SwitzerlandGenevaA lake, a fountain and an airport with a French exit — the fastest way into the Alps in either country.Best windowJun–Sep · Dec–MarAirportsGenève (GVA)Every route into GenevaFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in December around $130 and peak in September near $263, 102% 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 3-night trip. At $130 for 1,919 km each way, that works out to about $34 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $41 per 1,000 km typical of short-haul fares here. Across the 5 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Geneva, this fare ranks 3rd — 43% above the $91 from Lisbon. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 14 routes of similar length we watch out of Istanbul, where the middle fare is $161. The best time to be in Geneva: Jun–Sep · Dec–Mar.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 1 Dec, $130
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 11% lower than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $214 then versus $191 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 $96, on 11 Nov.
October 2026
1516Saturday 17 October: $234, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 18 October: $238, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.19Tuesday 20 October: $246, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.212223Saturday 24 October: $316, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 25 October: $369, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 26 October: $301, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.27Wednesday 28 October: $321, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.29Friday 30 October: $309, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 31 October: $289, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
November 2026
12345Friday 6 November: $180, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.78910Wednesday 11 November: $178, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.12Friday 13 November: $151, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1415Monday 16 November: $156, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1718Thursday 19 November: $191, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2021Sunday 22 November: $185, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.23Tuesday 24 November: $153, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 25 November: $153, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 26 November: $181, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.27Saturday 28 November: $277, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2930
December 2026
Tuesday 1 December: $130, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 2 December: $150, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 3 December: $147, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.4Saturday 5 December: $208, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.67Tuesday 8 December: $166, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.910Friday 11 December: $225, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1213Monday 14 December: $139, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1516171819Sunday 20 December: $283, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2122Wednesday 23 December: $148, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.242526Sunday 27 December: $153, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 28 December: $185, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 29 December: $149, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 30 December: $182, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 31 December: $183, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
January 2027
Friday 1 January: $336, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 2 January: $395, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 3 January: $341, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 4 January: $317, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 5 January: $308, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.678910Monday 11 January: $150, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.12Wednesday 13 January: $146, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.14Friday 15 January: $185, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.16Sunday 17 January: $145, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.181920212223242526Wednesday 27 January: $199, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 28 January: $203, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.293031
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026 · bands from 147 tracked fares
Cheapest in Dec, around $130
13% below the $150 typical fare
$209Oct, above the usual price. Compare October fares.$150Nov, around the usual price. Compare November fares.$130Dec, the cheapest month. Compare December fares.$145Jan ’27, around the usual price. Compare January fares.$144Feb, around the usual price. Compare February fares.$149Mar, around the usual price. Compare March fares.$247Jul, above the usual price. Compare July fares.$263Sep, above the usual price. Compare September fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Istanbul to Geneva, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Istanbul (IST) · Sabiha Gökçen (SAW) ↔ Genève (GVA)
- Flight time
- ≈3.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈1,919 km each way
- Typical price
- $150 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Pegasus
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Jun–Sep · Dec–Mar
Good to know
IST → GVA, answered.
Is $130 a good price for Istanbul to Geneva?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $150 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 Geneva?
Across 8 months of cached-fare history, Dec comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Geneva are Jun–Sep · Dec–Mar — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book IST → Geneva?
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 Geneva?
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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