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 → TYO
New York to Tokyo
Best fare, round trip
$616
−35%
below its usual $950
you keep $334
GreatFound
- Depart
- Wed 20 Jan
- Return
- Sun 31 Jan
- Stay
- 11 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 17.5h
- Airline
Asiana Airlines
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $830 and $1,049. The drop beats 84% of measured fares on the board, over 10 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 January around $616 and peak in June near $1,234, 100% dearer, across the 10 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 17.5 hours outbound, on a 11-night trip — ticketed under Asiana Airlines, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $616 for 10,852 km each way, that works out to about $28 per 1,000 km flown. That is well under the $44 per 1,000 km that long-haul fares on this board typically run. Across the 31 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Tokyo, this fare ranks 4th — 4% above the $592 from Milan. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 22 routes of similar length we watch out of New York, where the middle fare is $760. The best time to be in Tokyo: Mar–May · Oct–Nov.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 20 Jan '27, $616
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The median cached fare across this calendar is unchanged since tracking began on 8 Aug — $1,046 then versus $1,042 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 $434, on 3 Sep.
October 2026
November 2026
Sunday 1 November: $996, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 2 November: $857, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 3 November: $1.1k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.4567Sunday 8 November: $1.1k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.910Wednesday 11 November: $1.1k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1213141516Tuesday 17 November: $879, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 18 November: $864, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.192021Sunday 22 November: $1.2k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 23 November: $1k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2425Thursday 26 November: $1.4k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.27282930
December 2026
1Wednesday 2 December: $954, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.345678Wednesday 9 December: $1.2k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.10111213Monday 14 December: $1.5k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 15 December: $1.6k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.16171819Sunday 20 December: $1.8k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 21 December: $1.4k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.22Wednesday 23 December: $2k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 24 December: $1.1k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.25262728Tuesday 29 December: $1.1k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 30 December: $948, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.31
January 2027
1234Tuesday 5 January: $1k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.678Saturday 9 January: $987, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.10Monday 11 January: $925, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1213141516Sunday 17 January: $851, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1819Wednesday 20 January: $616, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.2122232425262728293031
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 17 Oct 2026 · bands from 151 tracked fares
Cheapest in Jan, around $616
35% below the $950 typical fare
$966Oct, around the usual price. Compare October fares.$857Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$948Dec, around the usual price. Compare December fares.$616Jan ’27, the cheapest month. Compare January fares.$830Feb, below the usual price. Compare February fares.$850Mar, below the usual price. Compare March fares.$812Apr, below the usual price. Compare April fares.$1234Jun, above the usual price. Compare June fares.$1148Jul, above the usual price. Compare July fares.$1049Sep, above the usual price. Compare September fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, New York to Tokyo, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- JFK · Newark (EWR) · LaGuardia (LGA) ↔ Narita (NRT) · Haneda (HND)
- Flight time
- ≈17.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈10,852 km each way
- Typical price
- $950 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Asiana Airlines
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Mar–May · Oct–Nov
Good to know
NYC → TYO, answered.
Is $616 a good price for New York to Tokyo?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $950 round-trip. At $616 you're 35% below that, which we rate great for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from New York to Tokyo?
Across 10 months of cached-fare history, Jan 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 NYC → 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 10 months of cached fares, Jan 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 Tokyo?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Asiana Airlines. 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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