Rare2 stops · 12.5h
NYC to HNLUnited States
Honolulu
$410
usually $820
−50%
Most monthly lows $576–$946. Cheaper than every other month on record (8).
Flights · NYC → ATH
New York to Athens
Best fare, round trip
$534
−24%
below its usual $700
you keep $166
GoodFound
- Depart
- Thu 4 Feb
- Return
- Thu 11 Feb
- Stay
- 7 nights
- Flight
- 2 stops · 12h
- Airline
SAS
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $680 and $818. The drop beats 65% of measured fares on the board, over 11 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
GreeceAthensThe Acropolis at golden hour, then souvlaki for pocket change. Gateway fare to the whole Aegean.Best windowApr–Jun · Sep–OctAirportsEleftherios Venizelos (ATH)Every route into AthensFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in February around $534 and peak in October near $931, 74% dearer, across the 11 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes 2 stops and takes about 12 hours outbound, on a 7-night trip — ticketed under SAS, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $534 for 7,925 km each way, that works out to about $34 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $44 per 1,000 km typical of long-haul fares here. Across the 15 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Athens, this fare ranks 3rd — 10% above the $487 from Kuala Lumpur. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 28 routes of similar length we watch out of New York, where the middle fare is $607. The best time to be in Athens: Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct.
Day-level prices for the next 4 months
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 15% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $710 then versus $820 now, across 18 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 $397, on 11 Nov.
Cached day-level data for this route is sparse — 10 of 111 days priced, from 98 tracked fares. The days below are shown as found, with no cheapest-day or below-median call.
October 2026
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November 2026
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December 2026
12Thursday 3 December: $744. Compare fares from this day.Friday 4 December: $768. Compare fares from this day.56789101112131415161718192021Tuesday 22 December: $1.5k. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 23 December: $1.2k. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 24 December: $828. Compare fares from this day.25Saturday 26 December: $978. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 27 December: $811. Compare fares from this day.Monday 28 December: $770. Compare fares from this day.293031
January 2027
123Monday 4 January: $885. Compare fares from this day.567Friday 8 January: $730. Compare fares from this day.910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031
Cached fares · checked 13 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Feb, around $534
24% below the $700 typical fare
$931Oct, above the usual price. Compare October fares.$639Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$680Dec, around the usual price. Compare December fares.$700Jan ’27, around the usual price. Compare January fares.$534Feb, the cheapest month. Compare February fares.$702Mar, around the usual price. Compare March fares.$649Apr, below the usual price. Compare April fares.$751May, above the usual price. Compare May fares.$827Jun, above the usual price. Compare June fares.$818Jul, above the usual price. Compare July fares.$735Aug, above the usual price. Compare August fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, New York to Athens, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- JFK · Newark (EWR) · LaGuardia (LGA) ↔ Eleftherios Venizelos (ATH)
- Flight time
- ≈12 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈7,925 km each way
- Typical price
- $700 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- SAS
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct
Good to know
NYC → ATH, answered.
Is $534 a good price for New York to Athens?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $700 round-trip. At $534 you're 24% below that, which we rate good for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from New York to Athens?
Across 11 months of cached-fare history, Feb comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Athens are Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book NYC → Athens?
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 11 months of cached fares, Feb comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from New York to Athens?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under SAS. 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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