Route brief · VIE → ATH
Vienna → Athens
$81
−40% vs typical
seasonal median $135 · difference $54
Oct 6 – Oct 19 · 13 nights
RyanairNonstop
- Usual monthly lows
- $85–$159
- Board rank
- Stronger than 89%
- Route sample
- 5 observed months
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
Destination briefATHAthensThe Acropolis at golden hour, then souvlaki for pocket change. Gateway fare to the whole Aegean.Best windowApr–Jun · Sep–OctAirportsEleftherios Venizelos (ATH)All routes into AthensWhen this route gets cheap.
Cached-fare history: across 5 months, Oct is the cheapest for VIE → ATH. Best time to be there: Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct.
Fares bottom out in October around $81 and peak in December near $223 — a $142 spread across the 5 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies Ryanair nonstop and takes about 2 hours outbound, on a 13-night trip. At $81 for 1,283 km each way, that works out to about $32 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $41 typical of short-haul fares here. Across the 4 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Athens, this fare ranks 3rd — 53% above the $53 from Milan. It is also the 2nd cheapest of the 10 routes of similar length we watch out of Vienna.
Cheapest day in the next 3 months: Oct 6 · $81 (59% below median)
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 18% lower than when tracking began on Aug 8 — $198 then versus $162 now, across 8 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 $81, on Oct 6.
Cheapest in Oct · around $81
40% below the $135 typical fare
Cheapest round-trip fare found per month · Vienna → Athens · cached-price history
Route facts
- Airports
- Schwechat (VIE) ↔ Eleftherios Venizelos (ATH)
- Flight time
- ~2 hours outbound
- Distance
- ~1,283 km each way
- Typical price
- $135 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Ryanair
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct
VIE → ATH, answered.
Is $81 a good price for Vienna to Athens?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $135 round-trip. At $81 you're 40% below that, saving about $54, which we rate rare for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Vienna to Athens?
Across 5 months of cached-fare history, Oct comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Athens are Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book VIE → Athens?
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, Oct comes out lowest on this route. See /guides/what-moves-a-flight-price/ for what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Vienna to Athens?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (Ryanair). The outbound leg runs around 2 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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