Great1 stop · 6h
MNL to SGNVietnam
Ho Chi Minh City
$178
usually $255
−30%
Most monthly lows $193–$255. Cheaper than every other month on record (3).
Flights · MNL → SEL
Manila to Seoul
Best fare, round trip
$284
Observed seasonal median $270 — this fare is not below it.
Found
- Depart
- Sat 24 Oct
- Return
- Sun 25 Oct
- Stay
- 1 night
- Flight
- Nonstop · 4h
- Airline
Cebu Pacific
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
South KoreaSeoulPalaces wedged between skyscrapers, barbecue smoke at midnight, cafés that outnumber people.Best windowApr–May · Sep–OctAirportsIncheon (ICN) · Gimpo (GMP)Every route into SeoulFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in October around $244 and peak in December near $333, 36% dearer, across the 5 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies Cebu Pacific nonstop and takes about 4 hours outbound, on a 1-night trip. At $284 for 2,621 km each way, that works out to about $54 per 1,000 km flown. That is above the $43 per 1,000 km typical of medium-haul fares here. Across the 3 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Seoul, this fare ranks 3rd — 54% above the $184 from Hong Kong. For context, the middle fare among the 10 routes of similar length we watch out of Manila is $206. Across the 5 months of prices we hold for this route the typical fare is $270, so at $284 this one is $14 above it — no discount to claim here. The best time to be in Seoul: Apr–May · Sep–Oct.
Day-level prices for the next 4 months
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 28% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $258 then versus $331 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 $179, on 25 Oct.
Cached day-level data for this route is sparse — 12 of 107 days priced, from 99 tracked fares. The days below are shown as found, with no cheapest-day or below-median call.
October 2026
November 2026
1Monday 2 November: $328. Compare fares from this day.3456789Tuesday 10 November: $271. Compare fares from this day.1112131415161718192021222324252627Saturday 28 November: $272. Compare fares from this day.2930
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Cached fares · checked 17 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Oct, around $244
10% below the $270 typical fare
$244Oct, the cheapest month. Compare October fares.$271Nov, around the usual price. Compare November fares.$333Dec, above the usual price. Compare December fares.$265Feb ’27, around the usual price. Compare February fares.$285Mar, above the usual price. Compare March fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Manila to Seoul, from cached prices.
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
- $270 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Cebu Pacific
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Apr–May · Sep–Oct
Good to know
MNL → SEL, answered.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Manila to Seoul?
Across 5 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 5 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 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 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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