Route brief · SYD → AKL
Sydney → Auckland
$369
−4% vs typical
seasonal median $385 · difference $16
Nov 11 – Nov 18 · 7 nights
JetstarNonstop
- Usual monthly lows
- $384–$416
- Board rank
- Stronger than 4%
- Route sample
- 7 observed months
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
Destination briefAKLAucklandA city built on fifty volcanoes between two harbours — and the start of every New Zealand road trip.Best windowNov–AprAirportsAuckland (AKL)All routes into AucklandWhen this route gets cheap.
Cached-fare history: across 7 months, Nov is the cheapest for SYD → AKL. Best time to be there: Nov–Apr.
Fares bottom out in November around $369 and peak in April near $427 — a $58 spread across the 7 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies Jetstar nonstop and takes about 3 hours outbound, on a 7-night trip. At $369 for 2,156 km each way, that works out to about $86 per 1,000 km flown. That is above the $41 typical of short-haul fares here.
Cheapest day in the next 3 months: Nov 15 · $363 (7% below median)
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 1% higher than when tracking began on Aug 8 — $399 then versus $402 now, across 5 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 $346, on Nov 18.
Cheapest in Nov · around $369
4% below the $385 typical fare
Cheapest round-trip fare found per month · Sydney → Auckland · cached-price history
Route facts
- Airports
- Kingsford Smith (SYD) ↔ Auckland (AKL)
- Flight time
- ~3 hours outbound
- Distance
- ~2,156 km each way
- Typical price
- $385 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Jetstar
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Nov–Apr
SYD → AKL, answered.
Is $369 a good price for Sydney to Auckland?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $385 round-trip and this fare is 4% under it, about $16. 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 Sydney to Auckland?
Across 7 months of cached-fare history, Nov comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Auckland are Nov–Apr — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book SYD → Auckland?
We do not publish a number for this, because we cannot measure it yet.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, Nov comes out lowest on this route. See /guides/what-moves-a-flight-price/ for what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Sydney to Auckland?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (Jetstar). The outbound leg runs around 3 hours.
Are these prices guaranteed?
No — these are cached fares found on real searches (this one on September 1). 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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