Route brief · TYO → MNL
Tokyo → Manila
$235
−29% vs typical
seasonal median $330 · difference $95
Nov 2 – Nov 4 · 2 nights
Jetstar JapanNonstop
- Usual monthly lows
- $290–$351
- Board rank
- Stronger than 77%
- Route sample
- 5 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 5 months, Nov is the cheapest for TYO → MNL. Best time to be there: Dec–Apr.
Fares bottom out in November around $235 and peak in September near $398 — a $163 spread across the 5 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies Jetstar Japan nonstop and takes about 5.5 hours outbound, on a 2-night trip. At $235 for 2,992 km each way, that works out to about $39 per 1,000 km flown. That is about the $39 typical of medium-haul fares here. Across the 5 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Manila, this fare ranks 4th — 34% above the $176 from Kuala Lumpur.
Day-level prices for the next 3 months
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 2% lower than when tracking began on Aug 8 — $381 then versus $373 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 $267, on Nov 13.
Cached day-level data for this route is sparse — 10 of 101 days priced, from 48 tracked fares. The days below are shown as found, with no cheapest-day or below-median call.
Cheapest in Nov · around $235
29% below the $330 typical fare
Cheapest round-trip fare found per month · Tokyo → Manila · cached-price history
Route facts
- Airports
- Narita (NRT) · Haneda (HND) ↔ Ninoy Aquino (MNL) · Clark (CRK)
- Flight time
- ~5.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ~2,992 km each way
- Typical price
- $330 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Jetstar Japan
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Dec–Apr
TYO → MNL, answered.
Is $235 a good price for Tokyo to Manila?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $330 round-trip. At $235 you're 29% below that, saving about $95, which we rate good for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Tokyo to Manila?
Across 5 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 TYO → 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 5 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 Tokyo to Manila?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (Jetstar Japan). The outbound leg runs around 5.5 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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