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Istanbul to Zanzibar

Best fare, round trip

$557

−25%

below its usual $740
you keep $183

GoodFound
Depart
Sun 10 Jan
Return
Sun 17 Jan
Stay
7 nights
Flight
1 stop · 8h
Airline
Air Cairo

Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $693 and $967. The drop beats 67% of measured fares on the board, over 11 observed months.

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TanzaniaZanzibarStone Town’s carved doors and spice markets, then white sand on the east coast — often bolted onto a safari.Best windowJun–OctAirportsAbeid Amani Karume (ZNZ)Every route into Zanzibar

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Trip options: Round-trip · Economy · 1 adult
Travellers: 1 adult

Fare seasonality

When this route gets cheap.

Fares bottom out in January around $557 and peak in August near $1,003, 80% dearer, across the 11 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 8 hours outbound, on a 7-night trip — ticketed under Air Cairo, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $557 for 5,348 km each way, that works out to about $52 per 1,000 km flown. That is above the $43 per 1,000 km typical of medium-haul fares here. Of the 9 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Zanzibar, this is the cheapest right now — 12% under the next one, Milan. For context, the middle fare among the 7 routes of similar length we watch out of Istanbul is $502. The best time to be in Zanzibar: Jun–Oct.

Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 10 Jan '27, $557

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The median cached fare across this calendar is 8% lower than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $856 then versus $790 now, across 20 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 $557, on 10 Jan '27.

October 2026

November 2026

Sunday 1 November: $781, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 2 November: $789, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.3Wednesday 4 November: $788, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 5 November: $744, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 6 November: $801, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 7 November: $742, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 8 November: $701, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 9 November: $768, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 10 November: $753, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 11 November: $806, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 12 November: $692, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 13 November: $878, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 14 November: $882, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 15 November: $823, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 16 November: $807, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 17 November: $815, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 18 November: $792, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.19Friday 20 November: $789, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 21 November: $777, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 22 November: $824, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 23 November: $754, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 24 November: $862, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.252627Saturday 28 November: $699, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.29Monday 30 November: $839, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.

December 2026

Tuesday 1 December: $784, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 2 December: $776, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.3Friday 4 December: $794, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 5 December: $817, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 6 December: $790, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.7Tuesday 8 December: $698, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.910Friday 11 December: $830, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.12Sunday 13 December: $793, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.14151617Friday 18 December: $950, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.19Sunday 20 December: $989, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 21 December: $1.3k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 22 December: $996, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 23 December: $879, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 24 December: $747, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 25 December: $693, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 26 December: $991, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 27 December: $986, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 28 December: $1.2k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 29 December: $704, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 30 December: $682, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.31

January 2027

Friday 1 January: $752, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 2 January: $773, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 3 January: $748, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.4Tuesday 5 January: $750, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 6 January: $812, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 7 January: $709, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 8 January: $782, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.9Sunday 10 January: $557, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.Monday 11 January: $771, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 12 January: $779, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 13 January: $830, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 14 January: $716, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 15 January: $714, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 16 January: $692, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 17 January: $761, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 18 January: $760, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 19 January: $864, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.20Thursday 21 January: $724, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2223Sunday 24 January: $717, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 25 January: $881, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 26 January: $952, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 27 January: $698, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2829Saturday 30 January: $909, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 31 January: $848, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026 · bands from 174 tracked fares

Cheapest in Jan, around $557

25% below the $740 typical fare

CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualPress a month to compare its fares

Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Istanbul to Zanzibar, from cached prices.

Route facts

Airports
Istanbul (IST) · Sabiha Gökçen (SAW) ↔ Abeid Amani Karume (ZNZ)
Flight time
≈8 hours outbound
Distance
≈5,348 km each way
Typical price
$740 round-trip (seasonal median)
Airlines on the board
Air Cairo
Itineraries
Connections on current fares
Best months to visit
Jun–Oct

Good to know

IST → ZNZ, answered.

Is $557 a good price for Istanbul to Zanzibar?

Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $740 round-trip. At $557 you're 25% below that, which we rate good for this route.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Istanbul to Zanzibar?

Across 11 months of cached-fare history, Jan comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Zanzibar are Jun–Oct — when those overlap, that's your window.

How far in advance should I book IST → Zanzibar?

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 11 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 Zanzibar?

The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Air Cairo. 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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