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 → SJU
New York to San Juan
Best fare, round trip
$209
−25%
below its usual $280
you keep $71
GoodFound
- Depart
- Sat 31 Oct
- Return
- Wed 4 Nov
- Stay
- 4 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 6h
- Airline
JetBlue
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $232 and $392. The drop beats 67% of measured fares on the board, over 7 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
Puerto RicoSan JuanFive centuries of old town on a Caribbean island that takes US dollars and needs no passport from the States.Best windowDec–AprAirportsLuis Muñoz Marín (SJU)Every route into San JuanFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in October around $209 and peak in June near $392, 88% dearer, across the 7 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 6 hours outbound, on a 4-night trip — ticketed under JetBlue, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $209 for 2,586 km each way, that works out to about $40 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $43 per 1,000 km typical of medium-haul fares here. Across the 5 departure cities we track at a similar distance from San Juan, this fare ranks 2nd — 11% above the $188 from Washington. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 7 routes of similar length we watch out of New York, where the middle fare is $209. The best time to be in San Juan: Dec–Apr.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 31 Oct, $209
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 12% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $288 then versus $322 now, across 23 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 $145, on 22 Oct.
October 2026
171819Tuesday 20 October: $322, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 21 October: $314, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2223Saturday 24 October: $305, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.252627282930Saturday 31 October: $209, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.
November 2026
1Monday 2 November: $280, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 3 November: $349, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 4 November: $232, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 5 November: $330, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.6Saturday 7 November: $287, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.8910Wednesday 11 November: $325, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.12Friday 13 November: $321, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 14 November: $362, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.15Monday 16 November: $322, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1718192021222324Wednesday 25 November: $337, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 26 November: $322, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.27282930
December 2026
1Wednesday 2 December: $307, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 3 December: $302, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 4 December: $279, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.5Sunday 6 December: $300, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.78Wednesday 9 December: $307, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.10111213141516Thursday 17 December: $762, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 18 December: $495, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1920Monday 21 December: $629, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.22Wednesday 23 December: $303, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.242526Sunday 27 December: $632, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2829Wednesday 30 December: $461, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.31
January 2027
1Saturday 2 January: $448, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.3456789101112Wednesday 13 January: $391, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.141516171819202122232425262728293031
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 17 Oct 2026 · bands from 129 tracked fares
Cheapest in Oct, around $209
25% below the $280 typical fare
$209Oct, the cheapest month. Compare October fares.$232Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$279Dec, around the usual price. Compare December fares.$391Jan ’27, above the usual price. Compare January fares.$230Feb, below the usual price. Compare February fares.$392Mar, above the usual price. Compare March fares.$392Jun, above the usual price. Compare June fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, New York to San Juan, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- JFK · Newark (EWR) · LaGuardia (LGA) ↔ Luis Muñoz Marín (SJU)
- Flight time
- ≈6 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈2,586 km each way
- Typical price
- $280 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- JetBlue
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Dec–Apr
Good to know
NYC → SJU, answered.
Is $209 a good price for New York to San Juan?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $280 round-trip. At $209 you're 25% below that, which we rate good for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from New York to San Juan?
Across 7 months of cached-fare history, Oct comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in San Juan are Dec–Apr — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book NYC → San Juan?
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 7 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 New York to San Juan?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under JetBlue. 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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