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 → KEF
Istanbul to Reykjavík
Best fare, round trip
$296
−14%
below its usual $345
you keep $49
Found
- Depart
- Thu 3 Dec
- Return
- Thu 10 Dec
- Stay
- 7 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 7h
- Airline
Wizz Air
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $316 and $387. The drop beats 36% of measured fares on the board, over 9 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
IcelandReykjavíkWaterfalls, black beaches and the aurora — a stopover economy built on absurdly low fares.Best windowJun–Aug · Feb–Mar (aurora)AirportsKeflavík (KEF)Every route into ReykjavíkFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in December around $281 and peak in August near $705, 151% dearer, across the 9 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 7 hours outbound, on a 7-night trip — ticketed under Wizz Air, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $296 for 4,150 km each way, that works out to about $36 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $43 per 1,000 km typical of medium-haul fares here. Across the 8 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Reykjavík, this fare ranks 3rd — 59% above the $186 from Rome. For context, the middle fare among the 6 routes of similar length we watch out of Istanbul is $286. The best time to be in Reykjavík: Jun–Aug · Feb–Mar (aurora).
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 1 Dec, $281
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 15% lower than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $399 then versus $339 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 $254, on 24 Nov.
October 2026
1314151617Sunday 18 October: $422, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 19 October: $426, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 20 October: $398, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 21 October: $501, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.22Friday 23 October: $397, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.242526Tuesday 27 October: $446, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 28 October: $377, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 29 October: $336, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 30 October: $350, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.31
November 2026
1234Thursday 5 November: $303, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.6Saturday 7 November: $306, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.8Monday 9 November: $352, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.10Wednesday 11 November: $315, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 12 November: $320, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1314Sunday 15 November: $388, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 16 November: $339, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1718Thursday 19 November: $332, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2021Sunday 22 November: $310, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 23 November: $314, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.24252627282930
December 2026
Tuesday 1 December: $281, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.2Thursday 3 December: $296, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 4 December: $327, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.56Monday 7 December: $303, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 8 December: $306, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.91011Saturday 12 December: $380, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.13141516171819Sunday 20 December: $311, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2122Wednesday 23 December: $308, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.24252627Monday 28 December: $392, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.29Wednesday 30 December: $318, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.31
January 2027
12345678910Monday 11 January: $398, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1213141516171819202122232425262728293031
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 13 Oct 2026 · bands from 124 tracked fares
Cheapest in Dec, around $281
19% below the $345 typical fare
$336Oct, around the usual price. Compare October fares.$303Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$281Dec, the cheapest month. Compare December fares.$316Jan ’27, below the usual price. Compare January fares.$387Feb, above the usual price. Compare February fares.$375Apr, above the usual price. Compare April fares.$318May, below the usual price. Compare May fares.$570Jul, above the usual price. Compare July fares.$705Aug, above the usual price. Compare August fares.
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualPress a month to compare its fares
Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Istanbul to Reykjavík, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Istanbul (IST) · Sabiha Gökçen (SAW) ↔ Keflavík (KEF)
- Flight time
- ≈7 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈4,150 km each way
- Typical price
- $345 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Wizz Air
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Jun–Aug · Feb–Mar (aurora)
Good to know
IST → KEF, answered.
Is $296 a good price for Istanbul to Reykjavík?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $345 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 Reykjavík?
Across 9 months of cached-fare history, Dec comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Reykjavík are Jun–Aug · Feb–Mar (aurora) — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book IST → Reykjavík?
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 Reykjavík?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Wizz Air. 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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