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 → TYO
Kuala Lumpur to Tokyo
Best fare, round trip
$349
−15%
below its usual $410
you keep $61
Found
- Depart
- Fri 23 Oct
- Return
- Mon 26 Oct
- Stay
- 3 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 8.5h
- Airline
Vietjet
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $385 and $453. The drop beats 40% of measured fares on the board, over 9 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
JapanTokyoNeon canyons, 3am ramen, and the world’s most polite chaos. The yen is kind to visitors right now.Best windowMar–May · Oct–NovAirportsNarita (NRT) · Haneda (HND)Every route into TokyoFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in October around $349 and peak in March near $459, 32% dearer, across the 9 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 8.5 hours outbound, on a 3-night trip — ticketed under Vietjet, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $349 for 5,318 km each way, that works out to about $33 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $43 per 1,000 km typical of medium-haul fares here. Across the 5 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Tokyo, this fare ranks 2nd — 7% above the $327 from Bangkok. It is also the 3rd cheapest of the 11 routes of similar length we watch out of Kuala Lumpur. The best time to be in Tokyo: Mar–May · Oct–Nov.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 23 Oct, $349
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 5% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $417 then versus $439 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 $339, on 19 Jan '27.
October 2026
13141516171819Tuesday 20 October: $402, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 21 October: $390, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 22 October: $439, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 23 October: $349, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 24 October: $443, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 25 October: $409, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 26 October: $374, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 27 October: $388, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 28 October: $421, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.29Friday 30 October: $448, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 31 October: $350, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
November 2026
1234Thursday 5 November: $439, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 6 November: $436, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.78910Wednesday 11 November: $382, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 12 November: $431, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 13 November: $432, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.141516171819Friday 20 November: $444, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.21222324252627282930
December 2026
12345678Wednesday 9 December: $456, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.10Friday 11 December: $490, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.121314151617181920Monday 21 December: $530, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.222324Friday 25 December: $723, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2627Monday 28 December: $570, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.29Wednesday 30 December: $475, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 31 December: $460, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
January 2027
Friday 1 January: $475, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.23Monday 4 January: $495, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.5Wednesday 6 January: $428, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.7891011121314151617Monday 18 January: $440, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.19Wednesday 20 January: $456, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.212223Sunday 24 January: $386, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.25Tuesday 26 January: $427, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2728293031
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 13 Oct 2026 · bands from 134 tracked fares
Cheapest in Oct, around $349
15% below the $410 typical fare
$349Oct, the cheapest month. Compare October fares.$382Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$441Dec, above the usual price. Compare December fares.$386Jan ’27, below the usual price. Compare January fares.$453Feb, above the usual price. Compare February fares.$459Mar, above the usual price. Compare March fares.$385Apr, below the usual price. Compare April fares.$386May, below the usual price. Compare May fares.$382Aug, below the usual price. Compare August fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Kuala Lumpur to Tokyo, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Kuala Lumpur (KUL) · Subang (SZB) ↔ Narita (NRT) · Haneda (HND)
- Flight time
- ≈8.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈5,318 km each way
- Typical price
- $410 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Vietjet
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Mar–May · Oct–Nov
Good to know
KUL → TYO, answered.
Is $349 a good price for Kuala Lumpur to Tokyo?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $410 round-trip and this fare is 15% 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 Tokyo?
Across 9 months of cached-fare history, Oct comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Tokyo are Mar–May · Oct–Nov — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book KUL → Tokyo?
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, Oct 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 Tokyo?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Vietjet. 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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