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 → JNB
Istanbul to Johannesburg
Best fare, round trip
$688
−16%
below its usual $815
you keep $127
Found
- Depart
- Fri 11 Dec
- Return
- Mon 14 Dec
- Stay
- 3 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 15.5h
- Airline
Air Algerie
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $714 and $827. The drop beats 44% of measured fares on the board, over 9 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
South AfricaJohannesburgAfrica’s busiest airport and the road to Kruger — most people connect, some stay for the best museums on the continent.Best windowMar–May · Sep–NovAirportsO. R. Tambo (JNB) · Lanseria (HLA)Every route into JohannesburgFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in December around $688 and peak in May near $887, 29% dearer, across the 9 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 15.5 hours outbound, on a 3-night trip — ticketed under Air Algerie, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $688 for 7,474 km each way, that works out to about $46 per 1,000 km flown. That is about the $44 per 1,000 km typical of long-haul fares here. Across the 23 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Johannesburg, this fare ranks 13th — 51% above the $455 from Dubai. For context, the middle fare among the 24 routes of similar length we watch out of Istanbul is $548. The best time to be in Johannesburg: Mar–May · Sep–Nov.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 11 Dec, $688
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 11% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $763 then versus $847 now, across 19 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 $637, on 24 Oct.
October 2026
1516171819Tuesday 20 October: $719, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.21Thursday 22 October: $767, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.232425Monday 26 October: $834, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.272829Friday 30 October: $712, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 31 October: $784, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
November 2026
123456Saturday 7 November: $765, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.8Monday 9 November: $778, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 10 November: $714, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1112131415161718Thursday 19 November: $760, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2021222324252627282930
December 2026
Tuesday 1 December: $713, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.234Saturday 5 December: $789, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.6789Thursday 10 December: $876, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 11 December: $688, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.121314Tuesday 15 December: $1k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 16 December: $996, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 17 December: $975, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 18 December: $715, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 19 December: $1k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 20 December: $911, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 21 December: $898, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 22 December: $1.1k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 23 December: $1.1k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 24 December: $974, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 25 December: $710, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 26 December: $967, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 27 December: $1.1k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2829Wednesday 30 December: $956, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 31 December: $1k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
January 2027
Friday 1 January: $1.1k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2345678910111213141516171819Wednesday 20 January: $846, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.21Friday 22 January: $847, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.232425262728Friday 29 January: $840, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.3031
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026 · bands from 140 tracked fares
Cheapest in Dec, around $688
16% below the $815 typical fare
$712Oct, below the usual price. Compare October fares.$714Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$688Dec, the cheapest month. Compare December fares.$840Jan ’27, around the usual price. Compare January fares.$817Feb, around the usual price. Compare February fares.$827Mar, around the usual price. Compare March fares.$815Apr, around the usual price. Compare April fares.$887May, above the usual price. Compare May fares.$774Jun, below the usual price. Compare June fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Istanbul to Johannesburg, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Istanbul (IST) · Sabiha Gökçen (SAW) ↔ O. R. Tambo (JNB) · Lanseria (HLA)
- Flight time
- ≈15.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈7,474 km each way
- Typical price
- $815 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Air Algerie
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Mar–May · Sep–Nov
Good to know
IST → JNB, answered.
Is $688 a good price for Istanbul to Johannesburg?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $815 round-trip and this fare is 16% 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 Johannesburg?
Across 9 months of cached-fare history, Dec comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Johannesburg are Mar–May · Sep–Nov — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book IST → Johannesburg?
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 9 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 Johannesburg?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Air Algerie. We hold no nonstop fare on this route right now, which does not mean none flies — search your exact dates to see what does.
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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