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 → HAM
Istanbul to Hamburg
Best fare, round trip
$119
−36%
below its usual $185
you keep $66
GreatFound
- Depart
- Fri 29 Jan
- Return
- Sun 31 Jan
- Stay
- 2 nights
- Flight
- Nonstop · 3.5h
- Airline
Ajet
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $130 and $247. The drop beats 85% of measured fares on the board, over 8 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
GermanyHamburgMore canals than Venice and a working port at its centre — Germany at its least postcard-like.Best windowMay–SepAirportsHamburg (HAM)Every route into HamburgFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in January around $119 and peak in April near $250, 110% 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 2-night trip. At $119 for 1,987 km each way, that works out to about $30 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $41 per 1,000 km typical of short-haul fares here. Of the 4 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Hamburg, this is the cheapest right now — 18% under the next one, Madrid. It is also the 3rd cheapest of the 15 routes of similar length we watch out of Istanbul. The best time to be in Hamburg: May–Sep.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 29 Jan '27, $119
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 3% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $190 then versus $195 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 $100, on 12 Oct.
October 2026
13141516Saturday 17 October: $228, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.18Monday 19 October: $230, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2021Thursday 22 October: $290, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 23 October: $286, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 24 October: $348, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.25Monday 26 October: $278, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2728293031
November 2026
123Wednesday 4 November: $175, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.5678910Wednesday 11 November: $135, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 12 November: $213, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 13 November: $153, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.14151617Wednesday 18 November: $149, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 19 November: $130, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 20 November: $167, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 21 November: $217, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 22 November: $152, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2324252627Saturday 28 November: $142, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2930
December 2026
1234567Tuesday 8 December: $210, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.9101112Sunday 13 December: $127, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.14151617181920212223Thursday 24 December: $128, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2526Sunday 27 December: $195, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.28293031
January 2027
Friday 1 January: $167, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 2 January: $348, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.3456Thursday 7 January: $166, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.89Sunday 10 January: $224, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.111213Thursday 14 January: $122, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 15 January: $120, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.16171819202122232425262728Friday 29 January: $119, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.3031
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 13 Oct 2026 · bands from 134 tracked fares
Cheapest in Jan, around $119
36% below the $185 typical fare
$228Oct, above the usual price. Compare October fares.$130Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$127Dec, below the usual price. Compare December fares.$119Jan ’27, the cheapest month. Compare January fares.$136Feb, below the usual price. Compare February fares.$187Mar, around the usual price. Compare March fares.$250Apr, above the usual price. Compare April fares.$247May, above the usual price. Compare May fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Istanbul to Hamburg, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Istanbul (IST) · Sabiha Gökçen (SAW) ↔ Hamburg (HAM)
- Flight time
- ≈3.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈1,987 km each way
- Typical price
- $185 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Ajet
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- May–Sep
Good to know
IST → HAM, answered.
Is $119 a good price for Istanbul to Hamburg?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $185 round-trip. At $119 you're 36% below that, which we rate great for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Istanbul to Hamburg?
Across 8 months of cached-fare history, Jan comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Hamburg are May–Sep — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book IST → Hamburg?
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, Jan 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 Hamburg?
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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