Route brief · MNL → SEL
Manila → Seoul
$179
−27% vs typical
seasonal median $245 · difference $66
Oct 25 – Oct 31 · 6 nights
Cebu PacificNonstop
- Usual monthly lows
- $240–$261
- Board rank
- Stronger than 73%
- Route sample
- 8 observed months
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
Destination briefSELSeoulPalaces wedged between skyscrapers, barbecue smoke at midnight, cafés that outnumber people.Best windowApr–May · Sep–OctAirportsIncheon (ICN) · Gimpo (GMP)All routes into SeoulWhen this route gets cheap.
Cached-fare history: across 8 months, Oct is the cheapest for MNL → SEL. Best time to be there: Apr–May · Sep–Oct.
Fares bottom out in October around $179 and peak in April near $278 — a $99 spread across the 8 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies Cebu Pacific nonstop and takes about 4 hours outbound, on a 6-night trip. At $179 for 2,621 km each way, that works out to about $34 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $39 typical of medium-haul fares here. Across the 3 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Seoul, this fare ranks 2nd — 3% above the $174 from Hong Kong. It is also the 3rd cheapest of the 10 routes of similar length we watch out of Manila.
Day-level prices for the next 3 months
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 1% higher than when tracking began on Aug 8 — $258 then versus $261 now, across 8 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 $213, on Oct 15.
Cached day-level data for this route is sparse — 15 of 93 days priced, from 48 tracked fares. The days below are shown as found, with no cheapest-day or below-median call.
Cheapest in Oct · around $179
27% below the $245 typical fare
Cheapest round-trip fare found per month · Manila → Seoul · cached-price history
Route facts
- Airports
- Ninoy Aquino (MNL) · Clark (CRK) ↔ Incheon (ICN) · Gimpo (GMP)
- Flight time
- ~4 hours outbound
- Distance
- ~2,621 km each way
- Typical price
- $245 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Cebu Pacific
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Apr–May · Sep–Oct
MNL → SEL, answered.
Is $179 a good price for Manila to Seoul?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $245 round-trip. At $179 you're 27% below that, saving about $66, which we rate good for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Manila to Seoul?
Across 8 months of cached-fare history, Oct comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Seoul are Apr–May · Sep–Oct — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book MNL → Seoul?
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, Oct comes out lowest on this route. See /guides/what-moves-a-flight-price/ for what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Manila to Seoul?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (Cebu Pacific). The outbound leg runs around 4 hours.
Are these prices guaranteed?
No — these are cached fares found on real searches (this one on September 1). 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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