GoodNonstop · 4h
KUL to HKG
Hong Kong
$181
usually $255
−29%
Most monthly lows $189–$264. Cheaper than every other month on record (5).
Flights · KUL → MNL
Kuala Lumpur to Manila
Best fare, round trip
$188
−10%
below its usual $210
you keep $22
Found
- Depart
- Sat 16 Jan
- Return
- Thu 28 Jan
- Stay
- 12 nights
- Flight
- Nonstop · 4h
- Airline
AirAsia
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $195 and $215. The drop beats 21% of measured fares on the board, over 8 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
PhilippinesManilaChaotic, warm and mostly a gateway — the islands worth the trip are a cheap domestic hop away.Best windowDec–AprAirportsNinoy Aquino (MNL) · Clark (CRK)Every route into ManilaFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in January around $188 and peak in December near $279, 48% dearer, across the 8 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies AirAsia nonstop and takes about 4 hours outbound, on a 12-night trip. At $188 for 2,470 km each way, that works out to about $38 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $41 per 1,000 km typical of short-haul fares here. Across the 6 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Manila, this fare ranks 2nd — 11% above the $169 from Singapore. For context, the middle fare among the 6 routes of similar length we watch out of Kuala Lumpur is $183. The best time to be in Manila: Dec–Apr.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 16 Jan '27, $188
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 14% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $197 then versus $224 now, across 23 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 $168, on 7 Oct.
October 2026
171819202122Friday 23 October: $195, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2425Monday 26 October: $212, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 27 October: $195, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.28Thursday 29 October: $211, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 30 October: $213, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 31 October: $213, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
November 2026
Sunday 1 November: $215, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 2 November: $225, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 3 November: $224, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.4Thursday 5 November: $222, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 6 November: $234, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.789Tuesday 10 November: $221, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.11Thursday 12 November: $238, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.13141516171819202122Monday 23 November: $225, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 24 November: $219, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.252627282930
December 2026
1234567891011Saturday 12 December: $285, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.13141516Thursday 17 December: $391, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.18Saturday 19 December: $454, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 20 December: $423, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 21 December: $416, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.222324Friday 25 December: $348, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.26272829Wednesday 30 December: $279, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.31
January 2027
1Saturday 2 January: $290, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.3Monday 4 January: $270, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.5678910111213Thursday 14 January: $189, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 15 January: $189, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 16 January: $188, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.17181920212223242526272829Saturday 30 January: $216, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 31 January: $230, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 17 Oct 2026 · bands from 124 tracked fares
Cheapest in Jan, around $188
10% below the $210 typical fare
$195Oct, below the usual price. Compare October fares.$215Nov, around the usual price. Compare November fares.$279Dec, above the usual price. Compare December fares.$188Jan ’27, the cheapest month. Compare January fares.$191Feb, below the usual price. Compare February fares.$243Mar, above the usual price. Compare March fares.$204Apr, around the usual price. Compare April fares.$212Aug, around the usual price. Compare August fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Kuala Lumpur to Manila, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Kuala Lumpur (KUL) · Subang (SZB) ↔ Ninoy Aquino (MNL) · Clark (CRK)
- Flight time
- ≈4 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈2,470 km each way
- Typical price
- $210 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- AirAsia
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Dec–Apr
Good to know
KUL → MNL, answered.
Is $188 a good price for Kuala Lumpur to Manila?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $210 round-trip and this fare is 10% 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 Kuala Lumpur to Manila?
Across 8 months of cached-fare history, Jan comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Manila are Dec–Apr — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book KUL → Manila?
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 8 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 Kuala Lumpur to Manila?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (AirAsia). The outbound leg runs around 4 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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