ExceptionalNonstop · 2h
ROM to OTPRomania
Bucharest
$59
usually $165
−64%
Most monthly lows $79–$165. Cheaper than every other month on record (3).
Flights · ROM → ZNZ
Rome to Zanzibar
Best fare, round trip
$689
−14%
below its usual $805
you keep $116
Found
- Depart
- Mon 18 Jan
- Return
- Mon 1 Feb
- Stay
- 14 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 9h
- Airline
Wizz Air Malta
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $801 and $1,015. The drop beats 36% of measured fares on the board, over 7 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
TanzaniaZanzibarStone Town’s carved doors and spice markets, then white sand on the east coast — often bolted onto a safari.Best windowJun–OctAirportsAbeid Amani Karume (ZNZ)Every route into ZanzibarFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in January around $687 and peak in December near $1,064, 55% dearer, across the 7 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 9 hours outbound, on a 14-night trip — ticketed under Wizz Air Malta, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $689 for 5,991 km each way, that works out to about $58 per 1,000 km flown. That is above the $43 per 1,000 km typical of medium-haul fares here. Across the 22 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Zanzibar, this fare ranks 5th — 24% above the $557 from Istanbul. For context, the middle fare among the 7 routes of similar length we watch out of Rome is $616. The best time to be in Zanzibar: Jun–Oct.
The 5 days we hold a cached fare for
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 8% lower than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $876 then versus $807 now, across 20 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 $626, on 9 Dec.
These are the only days we have a cached price for on this route so far — not the only days it flies. The search above covers any date.
Cached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Jan, around $687
15% below the $805 typical fare
$801Nov, around the usual price. Compare November fares.$1064Dec, above the usual price. Compare December fares.$687Jan ’27, the cheapest month. Compare January fares.$804Feb, around the usual price. Compare February fares.$753Mar, below the usual price. Compare March fares.$861Apr, above the usual price. Compare April fares.$1015Aug, above the usual price. Compare August fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Rome to Zanzibar, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Fiumicino (FCO) · Ciampino (CIA) ↔ Abeid Amani Karume (ZNZ)
- Flight time
- ≈9 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈5,991 km each way
- Typical price
- $805 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Wizz Air Malta
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Jun–Oct
Good to know
ROM → ZNZ, answered.
Is $689 a good price for Rome to Zanzibar?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $805 round-trip and this fare is 14% 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 Rome to Zanzibar?
Across 7 months of cached-fare history, Jan comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Zanzibar are Jun–Oct — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book ROM → Zanzibar?
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, Jan comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Rome to Zanzibar?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Wizz Air Malta. 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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