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 → NCE
Istanbul to Nice
Best fare, round trip
$167
−24%
below its usual $220
you keep $53
GoodFound
- Depart
- Wed 13 Jan
- Return
- Sun 17 Jan
- Stay
- 4 nights
- Flight
- Nonstop · 3h
- Airline
Pegasus
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $201 and $242. The drop beats 65% of measured fares on the board, over 12 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
FranceNiceThe Riviera’s front door — Monaco, Antibes and Cannes all on a local train that costs a few euros.Best windowMay–Jun · Sep–OctAirportsCôte d’Azur (NCE)Every route into NiceFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in January around $167 and peak in August near $259, 55% dearer, across the 12 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies Pegasus nonstop and takes about 3 hours outbound, on a 4-night trip. At $167 for 1,804 km each way, that works out to about $46 per 1,000 km flown. That is about the $41 per 1,000 km typical of short-haul fares here. Across the 7 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Nice, this fare ranks 4th — 1.9× the $87 we hold from Lisbon. For context, the middle fare among the 14 routes of similar length we watch out of Istanbul is $150. The best time to be in Nice: May–Jun · Sep–Oct.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 13 Jan '27, $167
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 8% lower than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $267 then versus $245 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 $143, on 8 Nov.
October 2026
13141516171819Tuesday 20 October: $221, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 21 October: $269, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 22 October: $242, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 23 October: $257, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 24 October: $272, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 25 October: $269, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 26 October: $334, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.27282930Saturday 31 October: $374, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
November 2026
123Wednesday 4 November: $197, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.5Friday 6 November: $175, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.7Sunday 8 November: $172, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.9101112Friday 13 November: $275, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1415Monday 16 November: $253, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1718Thursday 19 November: $232, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 20 November: $209, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 21 November: $268, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.22232425Thursday 26 November: $286, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 27 November: $242, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 28 November: $313, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 29 November: $242, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 30 November: $195, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
December 2026
Tuesday 1 December: $277, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 2 December: $242, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.3456789101112131415161718192021Tuesday 22 December: $248, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.23Thursday 24 December: $219, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 25 December: $196, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 26 December: $261, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 27 December: $205, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 28 December: $219, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.29Wednesday 30 December: $210, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 31 December: $273, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
January 2027
123456789101112Wednesday 13 January: $167, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.141516171819202122232425262728293031
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 13 Oct 2026 · bands from 142 tracked fares
Cheapest in Jan, around $167
24% below the $220 typical fare
$201Oct, below the usual price. Compare October fares.$172Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$196Dec, below the usual price. Compare December fares.$167Jan ’27, the cheapest month. Compare January fares.$213Feb, around the usual price. Compare February fares.$212Mar, around the usual price. Compare March fares.$232Apr, above the usual price. Compare April fares.$255May, above the usual price. Compare May fares.$221Jun, around the usual price. Compare June fares.$242Jul, above the usual price. Compare July fares.$259Aug, above the usual price. Compare August fares.$255Sep, above the usual price. Compare September fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Istanbul to Nice, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Istanbul (IST) · Sabiha Gökçen (SAW) ↔ Côte d’Azur (NCE)
- Flight time
- ≈3 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈1,804 km each way
- Typical price
- $220 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Pegasus
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- May–Jun · Sep–Oct
Good to know
IST → NCE, answered.
Is $167 a good price for Istanbul to Nice?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $220 round-trip. At $167 you're 24% below that, which we rate good for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Istanbul to Nice?
Across 12 months of cached-fare history, Jan comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Nice are May–Jun · Sep–Oct — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book IST → Nice?
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 12 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 Nice?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (Pegasus). The outbound leg runs around 3 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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