Route brief · MNL → SYD
Manila → Sydney
$427
−24% vs typical
seasonal median $560 · difference $133
Oct 14 – Oct 21 · 7 nights
Cebu PacificNonstop
- Usual monthly lows
- $485–$586
- Board rank
- Stronger than 66%
- Route sample
- 8 observed months
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
Destination briefSYDSydneyHarbour sails, cliff walks and flat whites that ruin you for coffee anywhere else.Best windowOct–Nov · Mar–AprAirportsKingsford Smith (SYD)All routes into SydneyWhen this route gets cheap.
Cached-fare history: across 8 months, Oct is the cheapest for MNL → SYD. Best time to be there: Oct–Nov · Mar–Apr.
Fares bottom out in October around $427 and peak in January near $711 — a $284 spread across the 8 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies Cebu Pacific nonstop and takes about 8.5 hours outbound, on a 7-night trip. At $427 for 6,268 km each way, that works out to about $34 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $44 typical of long-haul fares here. Across the 8 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Sydney, this fare ranks 2nd — 10% above the $388 from Singapore. It is also the 3rd cheapest of the 8 routes of similar length we watch out of Manila.
Day-level prices for the next 4 months
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 2% lower than when tracking began on Aug 8 — $566 then versus $553 now, across 6 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 $394, on Oct 26.
Cached day-level data for this route is sparse — 12 of 122 days priced, from 32 tracked fares. The days below are shown as found, with no cheapest-day or below-median call.
September 2026
October 2026
December 2026
Cheapest in Oct · around $427
24% below the $560 typical fare
Cheapest round-trip fare found per month · Manila → Sydney · cached-price history
Route facts
- Airports
- Ninoy Aquino (MNL) · Clark (CRK) ↔ Kingsford Smith (SYD)
- Flight time
- ~8.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ~6,268 km each way
- Typical price
- $560 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Cebu Pacific
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Oct–Nov · Mar–Apr
MNL → SYD, answered.
Is $427 a good price for Manila to Sydney?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $560 round-trip. At $427 you're 24% below that, saving about $133, which we rate good for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Manila to Sydney?
Across 8 months of cached-fare history, Oct comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Sydney are Oct–Nov · Mar–Apr — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book MNL → Sydney?
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 Sydney?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (Cebu Pacific). The outbound leg runs around 8.5 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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