Great1 stop · 14h
SEL to ISTTürkiye
Istanbul
$390
usually $640
−39%
Most monthly lows $515–$679. Cheaper than every other month on record (8).
Flights · SEL → KUL
Seoul to Kuala Lumpur
Best fare, round trip
$247
−9%
below its usual $270
you keep $23
Found
- Depart
- Tue 20 Oct
- Return
- Sat 31 Oct
- Stay
- 11 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 8.5h
- Airline
China Eastern
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $261 and $290. The drop beats 18% of measured fares on the board, over 7 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
MalaysiaKuala LumpurAirAsia’s home base, which is why fares onward to anywhere in Asia collapse the moment you land.Best windowMay–JulAirportsKuala Lumpur (KUL) · Subang (SZB)Every route into Kuala LumpurFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in December around $243 and peak in February near $322, 33% dearer, across the 7 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 8.5 hours outbound, on a 11-night trip — ticketed under China Eastern, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $247 for 4,614 km each way, that works out to about $27 per 1,000 km flown. That is well under the $43 per 1,000 km that medium-haul fares on this board typically run. Across the 6 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Kuala Lumpur, this fare ranks 2nd — 22% above the $202 from Shanghai. It is also the 2nd cheapest of the 8 routes of similar length we watch out of Seoul. The best time to be in Kuala Lumpur: May–Jul.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 1 Dec, $243
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 3% lower than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $285 then versus $276 now, across 17 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 $236, on 29 Oct.
October 2026
13141516171819Tuesday 20 October: $247, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 21 October: $278, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 22 October: $300, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.23Saturday 24 October: $276, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2526Tuesday 27 October: $259, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2829Friday 30 October: $276, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 31 October: $257, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
November 2026
1Monday 2 November: $258, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 3 November: $265, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 4 November: $258, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 5 November: $252, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.6789Tuesday 10 November: $262, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.11Thursday 12 November: $278, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 13 November: $320, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.14Sunday 15 November: $273, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1617Wednesday 18 November: $266, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 19 November: $264, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.20Saturday 21 November: $268, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.222324Wednesday 25 November: $268, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 26 November: $249, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 27 November: $277, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 28 November: $277, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.29Monday 30 November: $268, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
December 2026
Tuesday 1 December: $243, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.23Friday 4 December: $276, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.5678Wednesday 9 December: $348, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 10 December: $338, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 11 December: $348, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 12 December: $334, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 13 December: $283, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.14151617181920212223Thursday 24 December: $344, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2526Sunday 27 December: $370, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 28 December: $319, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.293031
January 2027
1Saturday 2 January: $344, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.34Tuesday 5 January: $308, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.6789Sunday 10 January: $294, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 11 January: $290, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.121314151617Monday 18 January: $290, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.19202122232425262728293031
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 13 Oct 2026 · bands from 131 tracked fares
Cheapest in Dec, around $243
10% below the $270 typical fare
$247Oct, below the usual price. Compare October fares.$249Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$243Dec, the cheapest month. Compare December fares.$290Jan ’27, above the usual price. Compare January fares.$322Feb, above the usual price. Compare February fares.$279Mar, around the usual price. Compare March fares.$269Aug, around the usual price. Compare August fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Seoul to Kuala Lumpur, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Incheon (ICN) · Gimpo (GMP) ↔ Kuala Lumpur (KUL) · Subang (SZB)
- Flight time
- ≈8.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈4,614 km each way
- Typical price
- $270 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- China Eastern
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- May–Jul
Good to know
SEL → KUL, answered.
Is $247 a good price for Seoul to Kuala Lumpur?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $270 round-trip and this fare is 9% 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 Seoul to Kuala Lumpur?
Across 7 months of cached-fare history, Dec comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Kuala Lumpur are May–Jul — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book SEL → Kuala Lumpur?
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, Dec comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Seoul to Kuala Lumpur?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under China Eastern. 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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