ExceptionalNonstop · 1.5h
LAX to LASUnited States
Las Vegas
$38
usually $125
−70%
Most monthly lows $67–$247. Cheaper than every other month on record (6).
Flights · LAX → TYO
Los Angeles to Tokyo
Best fare, round trip
$613
−26%
below its usual $830
you keep $217
GoodFound
- Depart
- Tue 1 Dec
- Return
- Tue 15 Dec
- Stay
- 14 nights
- Flight
- Nonstop · 12h
- Airline
ZIPAIR
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $743 and $940. The drop beats 69% of measured fares on the board, over 10 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 $532 and peak in July near $1,079, 103% dearer, across the 10 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies ZIPAIR nonstop and takes about 12 hours outbound, on a 14-night trip. At $613 for 8,819 km each way, that works out to about $35 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $44 per 1,000 km typical of long-haul fares here. Across the 31 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Tokyo, this fare ranks 4th — 5% above the $584 from Dubai. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 41 routes of similar length we watch out of Los Angeles, where the middle fare is $722. The best time to be in Tokyo: Mar–May · Oct–Nov.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 19 Oct, $532
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 9% lower than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $895 then versus $811 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 $532, on 19 Oct.
October 2026
15161718Monday 19 October: $532, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.2021Thursday 22 October: $864, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.23Saturday 24 October: $976, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 25 October: $865, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.26272829Friday 30 October: $813, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.31
November 2026
Sunday 1 November: $808, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 2 November: $798, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 3 November: $771, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 4 November: $794, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.5Friday 6 November: $933, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.7891011Thursday 12 November: $835, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1314151617181920Saturday 21 November: $1k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 22 November: $933, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2324Wednesday 25 November: $858, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 26 November: $766, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 27 November: $718, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 28 November: $660, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2930
December 2026
Tuesday 1 December: $613, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 2 December: $616, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.3456Monday 7 December: $741, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.8910Friday 11 December: $960, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.12Sunday 13 December: $899, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.14151617181920212223242526Sunday 27 December: $1.2k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.28Tuesday 29 December: $1k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 30 December: $1.2k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.31
January 2027
1234567891011121314Friday 15 January: $796, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 16 January: $795, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 17 January: $796, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.18Tuesday 19 January: $746, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2021222324252627Thursday 28 January: $743, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.293031
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026 · bands from 139 tracked fares
Cheapest in Oct, around $532
36% below the $830 typical fare
$532Oct, the cheapest month. Compare October fares.$660Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$613Dec, below the usual price. Compare December fares.$743Jan ’27, below the usual price. Compare January fares.$820Feb, around the usual price. Compare February fares.$830Mar, around the usual price. Compare March fares.$905Apr, above the usual price. Compare April fares.$958May, above the usual price. Compare May fares.$1079Jul, above the usual price. Compare July fares.$940Sep, above the usual price. Compare September fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Los Angeles to Tokyo, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- LAX · Burbank (BUR) · Long Beach (LGB) ↔ Narita (NRT) · Haneda (HND)
- Flight time
- ≈12 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈8,819 km each way
- Typical price
- $830 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- ZIPAIR
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Mar–May · Oct–Nov
Good to know
LA → TYO, answered.
Is $613 a good price for Los Angeles to Tokyo?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $830 round-trip. At $613 you're 26% below that, which we rate good for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Los Angeles to Tokyo?
Across 10 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 LA → 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 10 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 Los Angeles to Tokyo?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (ZIPAIR). The outbound leg runs around 12 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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