Rare1 stop · 12h
SYD to HANVietnam
Hanoi
$484
usually $885
−45%
Most monthly lows $487–$885. Cheaper than every other month on record (3).
Flights · SYD → TYO
Sydney to Tokyo
Best fare, round trip
$632
−17%
below its usual $765
you keep $133
Found
- Depart
- Mon 9 Nov
- Return
- Wed 18 Nov
- Stay
- 9 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 13.5h
- Airline
China Southern
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $691 and $945. The drop beats 47% of measured fares on the board, over 5 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 November around $632 and peak in December near $1,199, 90% dearer, across the 5 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 13.5 hours outbound, on a 9-night trip — ticketed under China Southern, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $632 for 7,826 km each way, that works out to about $40 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $44 per 1,000 km typical of long-haul fares here. Across the 21 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Tokyo, this fare ranks 6th — 8% above the $584 from Dubai. For context, the middle fare among the 18 routes of similar length we watch out of Sydney is $536. The best time to be in Tokyo: Mar–May · Oct–Nov.
Day-level prices for the next 4 months
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 14% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $736 then versus $837 now, across 24 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 $507, on 26 Oct.
Cached day-level data for this route is sparse — 16 of 107 days priced, from 87 tracked fares. The days below are shown as found, with no cheapest-day or below-median call.
October 2026
November 2026
Sunday 1 November: $644. Compare fares from this day.2Tuesday 3 November: $645. Compare fares from this day.45678Monday 9 November: $632. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 10 November: $676. Compare fares from this day.111213141516171819Friday 20 November: $725. Compare fares from this day.21Sunday 22 November: $729. Compare fares from this day.2324252627282930
December 2026
1234567891011121314151617Friday 18 December: $1.2k. Compare fares from this day.192021222324Friday 25 December: $1.3k. Compare fares from this day.2627282930Thursday 31 December: $1.2k. Compare fares from this day.
January 2027
1Saturday 2 January: $1.2k. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 3 January: $1.1k. Compare fares from this day.Monday 4 January: $1.2k. Compare fares from this day.567Friday 8 January: $1k. Compare fares from this day.91011121314151617181920Thursday 21 January: $945. Compare fares from this day.22232425262728293031
Cached fares · checked 17 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Nov, around $632
17% below the $765 typical fare
$691Oct, below the usual price. Compare October fares.$632Nov, the cheapest month. Compare November fares.$1199Dec, above the usual price. Compare December fares.$945Jan ’27, above the usual price. Compare January fares.$763Mar, around the usual price. Compare March fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Sydney to Tokyo, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Kingsford Smith (SYD) ↔ Narita (NRT) · Haneda (HND)
- Flight time
- ≈13.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈7,826 km each way
- Typical price
- $765 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- China Southern
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Mar–May · Oct–Nov
Good to know
SYD → TYO, answered.
Is $632 a good price for Sydney to Tokyo?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $765 round-trip and this fare is 17% 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 Sydney to Tokyo?
Across 5 months of cached-fare history, Nov 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 SYD → 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 5 months of cached fares, Nov comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Sydney to Tokyo?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under China Southern. 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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