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 → HOU
New York to Houston
Best fare, round trip
$204
−22%
below its usual $260
you keep $56
GoodFound
- Depart
- Wed 11 Nov
- Return
- Fri 13 Nov
- Stay
- 2 nights
- Flight
- Nonstop · 4.5h
- Airline
JetBlue
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $225 and $336. The drop beats 61% of measured fares on the board, over 5 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
United StatesHoustonUnited’s Latin America gateway, the best Vietnamese food in the country, and NASA on the edge of town.Best windowMar–May · Oct–NovAirportsBush (IAH) · Hobby (HOU)Every route into HoustonFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in November around $204 and peak in June near $394, 93% dearer, across the 5 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies JetBlue nonstop and takes about 4.5 hours outbound, on a 2-night trip. At $204 for 2,282 km each way, that works out to about $45 per 1,000 km flown. That is about the $41 per 1,000 km typical of short-haul fares here. Across the 6 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Houston, this fare ranks 3rd — 53% above the $133 from Los Angeles. It is also the 2nd cheapest of the 7 routes of similar length we watch out of New York. The best time to be in Houston: Mar–May · Oct–Nov.
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 — $284 then versus $327 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 $164, on 18 Oct.
Cached day-level data for this route is sparse — 17 of 111 days priced, from 76 tracked fares. The days below are shown as found, with no cheapest-day or below-median call.
October 2026
131415161718Monday 19 October: $326. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 20 October: $313. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 21 October: $327. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 22 October: $367. Compare fares from this day.Friday 23 October: $370. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 24 October: $367. Compare fares from this day.2526272829Friday 30 October: $284. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 31 October: $336. Compare fares from this day.
November 2026
123Wednesday 4 November: $263. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 5 November: $208. Compare fares from this day.Friday 6 November: $209. Compare fares from this day.78910Wednesday 11 November: $204. Compare fares from this day.12Friday 13 November: $309. Compare fares from this day.141516171819Friday 20 November: $320. Compare fares from this day.212223242526Friday 27 November: $430. Compare fares from this day.282930
December 2026
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January 2027
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Cached fares · checked 13 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Nov, around $204
22% below the $260 typical fare
$284Oct, above the usual price. Compare October fares.$204Nov, the cheapest month. Compare November fares.$225Dec, below the usual price. Compare December fares.$261Jan ’27, around the usual price. Compare January fares.$394Jun, above the usual price. Compare June fares.
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualPress a month to compare its fares
Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, New York to Houston, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- JFK · Newark (EWR) · LaGuardia (LGA) ↔ Bush (IAH) · Hobby (HOU)
- Flight time
- ≈4.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈2,282 km each way
- Typical price
- $260 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- JetBlue
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Mar–May · Oct–Nov
Good to know
NYC → HOU, answered.
Is $204 a good price for New York to Houston?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $260 round-trip. At $204 you're 22% below that, which we rate good for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from New York to Houston?
Across 5 months of cached-fare history, Nov comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Houston are Mar–May · Oct–Nov — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book NYC → Houston?
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, Nov 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 Houston?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (JetBlue). The outbound leg runs around 4.5 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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