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 → MEL
Istanbul to Melbourne
Best fare, round trip
$1,035
−14%
below its usual $1,205
you keep $170
Found
- Depart
- Tue 10 Nov
- Return
- Wed 18 Nov
- Stay
- 8 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 18h
- Airline
Turkish Airlines
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $1,069 and $1,230. The drop beats 36% of measured fares on the board, over 10 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
AustraliaMelbourneLaneway coffee, four seasons before lunch, and the Great Ocean Road starting an hour down the coast.Best windowMar–May · Sep–NovAirportsTullamarine (MEL) · Avalon (AVV)Every route into MelbourneFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in November around $1,035 and peak in October near $1,703, 65% dearer, across the 10 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 18 hours outbound, on a 8-night trip — ticketed under Turkish Airlines, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $1,035 for 14,629 km each way, that works out to about $35 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $42 per 1,000 km typical of ultra-long-haul fares here. Across the 33 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Melbourne, this fare ranks 10th — 1.6× the $634 we hold from Washington. For context, the middle fare among the 9 routes of similar length we watch out of Istanbul is $999. The best time to be in Melbourne: Mar–May · Sep–Nov.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 10 Nov, $1,035
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 16% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $1,098 then versus $1,271 now, across 16 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 $961, on 11 Nov.
October 2026
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November 2026
123456789Tuesday 10 November: $1k, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.11121314151617181920Saturday 21 November: $1.1k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2223242526Friday 27 November: $1.1k, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 28 November: $1.2k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2930
December 2026
Tuesday 1 December: $1.2k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2345678910Friday 11 December: $1.3k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 12 December: $1.5k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 13 December: $1.3k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 14 December: $1.5k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 15 December: $1.3k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 16 December: $1.7k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 17 December: $1.4k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 18 December: $1.6k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.19Sunday 20 December: $1.3k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 21 December: $1.2k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.22Wednesday 23 December: $1.2k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 24 December: $1.3k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.25Saturday 26 December: $1.4k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.27Monday 28 December: $1.3k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 29 December: $1.3k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 30 December: $1.2k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 31 December: $1.4k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
January 2027
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 13 Oct 2026 · bands from 92 tracked fares
Cheapest in Nov, around $1,035
14% below the $1,205 typical fare
$1703Oct, above the usual price. Compare October fares.$1035Nov, the cheapest month. Compare November fares.$1064Dec, below the usual price. Compare December fares.$1203Jan ’27, around the usual price. Compare January fares.$1181Feb, around the usual price. Compare February fares.$1164Mar, around the usual price. Compare March fares.$1230Apr, around the usual price. Compare April fares.$1069Jun, below the usual price. Compare June fares.$1257Jul, around the usual price. Compare July fares.$1227Sep, around the usual price. Compare September fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Istanbul to Melbourne, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Istanbul (IST) · Sabiha Gökçen (SAW) ↔ Tullamarine (MEL) · Avalon (AVV)
- Flight time
- ≈18 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈14,629 km each way
- Typical price
- $1,205 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Turkish Airlines
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Mar–May · Sep–Nov
Good to know
IST → MEL, answered.
Is $1,035 a good price for Istanbul to Melbourne?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $1,205 round-trip and this fare is 14% 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 Melbourne?
Across 10 months of cached-fare history, Nov comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Melbourne are Mar–May · Sep–Nov — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book IST → Melbourne?
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 10 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 Melbourne?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Turkish Airlines. 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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