Route brief · SYD → MNL
Sydney → Manila
$426
−29% vs typical
seasonal median $600 · difference $174
Nov 12 – Nov 13 · 1 night
Cebu PacificNonstop
- Usual monthly lows
- $553–$599
- Board rank
- Stronger than 77%
- Route sample
- 4 observed months
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
Destination briefMNLManilaChaotic, warm and mostly a gateway — the islands worth the trip are a cheap domestic hop away.Best windowDec–AprAirportsNinoy Aquino (MNL) · Clark (CRK)All routes into ManilaWhen this route gets cheap.
Cached-fare history: across 4 months, Nov is the cheapest for SYD → MNL. Best time to be there: Dec–Apr.
Fares bottom out in November around $426 and peak in December near $1,018 — a $592 spread across the 4 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies Cebu Pacific nonstop and takes about 9 hours outbound, on a 1-night trip. At $426 for 6,268 km each way, that works out to about $34 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $44 typical of long-haul fares here. Across the 4 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Manila, this fare ranks 3rd — 30% above the $327 from Delhi. It is also the cheapest of the 12 routes of similar length we watch out of Sydney.
The 7 days we hold a cached fare for
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 56% higher than when tracking began on Aug 8 — $523 then versus $814 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 $419, on Oct 17.
- Fri, Sep 25$599
- Sat, Sep 26$754
- Thu, Nov 12$426
- Mon, Nov 23$814
- Tue, Nov 24$814
- Mon, Dec 14$1,084
- Fri, Dec 18$1,018
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.
Cheapest in Nov · around $426
29% below the $600 typical fare
Cheapest round-trip fare found per month · Sydney → Manila · cached-price history
Route facts
- Airports
- Kingsford Smith (SYD) ↔ Ninoy Aquino (MNL) · Clark (CRK)
- Flight time
- ~9 hours outbound
- Distance
- ~6,268 km each way
- Typical price
- $600 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Cebu Pacific
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Dec–Apr
SYD → MNL, answered.
Is $426 a good price for Sydney to Manila?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $600 round-trip. At $426 you're 29% below that, saving about $174, which we rate good for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Sydney to Manila?
Across 4 months of cached-fare history, Nov comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Manila are Dec–Apr — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book SYD → Manila?
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 4 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 Manila?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (Cebu Pacific). The outbound leg runs around 9 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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