ExceptionalNonstop · 2.5h
MIA to SJUPuerto Rico
San Juan
$60
usually $230
−74%
Most monthly lows $103–$231. Cheaper than every other month on record (3).
Flights · MIA → IST
Miami to Istanbul
Best fare, round trip
$899
Observed seasonal median $850 — this fare is not below it.
Found
- Depart
- Tue 20 Oct
- Return
- Tue 17 Nov
- Stay
- 28 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 18.5h
- Airline
Qatar Airways
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
TürkiyeIstanbulTwo continents, one skyline of minarets. Turkish Airlines’ mega-hub means constant fare battles.Best windowApr–May · Sep–OctAirportsIstanbul (IST) · Sabiha Gökçen (SAW)Every route into IstanbulFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in October around $503 and peak in September near $956, 90% dearer, across the 9 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 18.5 hours outbound, on a 28-night trip — ticketed under Qatar Airways, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $899 for 9,612 km each way, that works out to about $47 per 1,000 km flown. That is about the $44 per 1,000 km typical of long-haul fares here. Across the 22 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Istanbul, this fare ranks 19th — 2.3× the $390 we hold from Seoul. For context, the middle fare among the 26 routes of similar length we watch out of Miami is $779. Across the 9 months of prices we hold for this route the typical fare is $850, so at $899 this one is $49 above it — no discount to claim here. The best time to be in Istanbul: Apr–May · Sep–Oct.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 18 Oct, $503
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 4% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $909 then versus $947 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 $495, on 24 Dec.
October 2026
1516Saturday 17 October: $1.1k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 18 October: $503, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.19Tuesday 20 October: $899, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.21Thursday 22 October: $939, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 23 October: $1.2k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 24 October: $1.2k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 25 October: $1.2k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 26 October: $1.1k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 27 October: $918, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 28 October: $1.2k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.29Friday 30 October: $1.5k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 31 October: $947, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
November 2026
Sunday 1 November: $859, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 2 November: $976, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.345678Monday 9 November: $853, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 10 November: $826, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 11 November: $787, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.12Friday 13 November: $891, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1415Monday 16 November: $916, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1718192021222324Wednesday 25 November: $920, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 26 November: $980, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.27282930
December 2026
123Friday 4 December: $946, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 5 December: $947, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.6Monday 7 December: $924, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 8 December: $790, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.9Thursday 10 December: $925, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 11 December: $954, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 12 December: $1.1k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 13 December: $986, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.14Tuesday 15 December: $997, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 16 December: $1k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 17 December: $1.3k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.18Saturday 19 December: $1.3k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 20 December: $1.2k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.212223Thursday 24 December: $1k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 25 December: $996, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 26 December: $819, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 27 December: $871, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 28 December: $884, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.293031
January 2027
1234567891011121314Friday 15 January: $878, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.161718Tuesday 19 January: $854, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.202122232425262728293031
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026 · bands from 169 tracked fares
Cheapest in Oct, around $503
41% below the $850 typical fare
$503Oct, the cheapest month. Compare October fares.$787Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$790Dec, below the usual price. Compare December fares.$854Jan ’27, around the usual price. Compare January fares.$750Feb, below the usual price. Compare February fares.$852Mar, around the usual price. Compare March fares.$868Apr, around the usual price. Compare April fares.$918Jul, above the usual price. Compare July fares.$956Sep, above the usual price. Compare September fares.
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualPress a month to compare its fares
Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Miami to Istanbul, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Miami (MIA) · Fort Lauderdale (FLL) ↔ Istanbul (IST) · Sabiha Gökçen (SAW)
- Flight time
- ≈18.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈9,612 km each way
- Typical price
- $850 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Qatar Airways
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Apr–May · Sep–Oct
Good to know
MIA → IST, answered.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Miami to Istanbul?
Across 9 months of cached-fare history, Oct comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Istanbul are Apr–May · Sep–Oct — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book MIA → Istanbul?
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 Miami to Istanbul?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Qatar Airways. 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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