RareNonstop · 2.5h
MUC to ALCSpain
Alicante
$117
usually $220
−47%
Most monthly lows $220–$267. Cheaper than every other month on record (4).
Flights · MUC → TYO
Munich to Tokyo
Best fare, round trip
$741
−7%
below its usual $795
you keep $54
Found
- Depart
- Thu 19 Nov
- Return
- Thu 3 Dec
- Stay
- 14 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 13h
- Airline
Air China
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $750 and $798. The drop beats 12% of measured fares on the board, over 8 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 November around $741 and peak in March near $1,224, 65% dearer, across the 8 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 13 hours outbound, on a 14-night trip — ticketed under Air China, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $741 for 9,369 km each way, that works out to about $40 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $44 per 1,000 km typical of long-haul fares here. Across the 33 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Tokyo, this fare ranks 23rd — 27% above the $584 from Dubai. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 38 routes of similar length we watch out of Munich, where the middle fare is $746. The best time to be in Tokyo: Mar–May · Oct–Nov.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 19 Nov, $741
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 4% lower than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $1,054 then versus $1,012 now, across 22 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 $738, on 18 Nov.
October 2026
17181920Wednesday 21 October: $1k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 22 October: $1.4k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.23Saturday 24 October: $1.3k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.25Monday 26 October: $1.1k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.27Wednesday 28 October: $1.1k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.293031
November 2026
Sunday 1 November: $975, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 2 November: $1.1k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 3 November: $1k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 4 November: $1k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.5Friday 6 November: $1k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.78Monday 9 November: $838, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 10 November: $836, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 11 November: $825, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 12 November: $861, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 13 November: $1k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1415Monday 16 November: $1.1k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.17Wednesday 18 November: $820, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 19 November: $741, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.2021222324252627282930
December 2026
12345678Wednesday 9 December: $793, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.10Friday 11 December: $1k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 12 December: $991, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.131415161718Saturday 19 December: $1.5k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.202122Wednesday 23 December: $1.2k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.24Friday 25 December: $1.1k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 26 December: $1.4k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.27Monday 28 December: $1.3k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.293031
January 2027
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 17 Oct 2026 · bands from 121 tracked fares
Cheapest in Nov, around $741
7% below the $795 typical fare
$1003Oct, above the usual price. Compare October fares.$741Nov, the cheapest month. Compare November fares.$793Dec, around the usual price. Compare December fares.$745Jan ’27, below the usual price. Compare January fares.$798Feb, around the usual price. Compare February fares.$1224Mar, above the usual price. Compare March fares.$772Apr, around the usual price. Compare April fares.$750May, below the usual price. Compare May fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Munich to Tokyo, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Franz Josef Strauss (MUC) ↔ Narita (NRT) · Haneda (HND)
- Flight time
- ≈13 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈9,369 km each way
- Typical price
- $795 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Air China
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Mar–May · Oct–Nov
Good to know
MUC → TYO, answered.
Is $741 a good price for Munich to Tokyo?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $795 round-trip and this fare is 7% under it. We do not call a drop notable until 20%, so this is an ordinary price for the route rather than a reason to hurry.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Munich to Tokyo?
Across 8 months of cached-fare history, Nov 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 MUC → 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 8 months of cached fares, Nov comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Munich to Tokyo?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Air China. 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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