RareNonstop · 1.5h
ZRH to ROMItaly
Rome
$60
usually $100
−40%
Most monthly lows $69–$102. Cheaper than every other month on record (3).
Flights · ZRH → IST
Zurich to Istanbul
Best fare, round trip
$89
−26%
below its usual $120
you keep $31
GoodFound
- Depart
- Thu 5 Nov
- Return
- Sat 21 Nov
- Stay
- 16 nights
- Flight
- Nonstop · 3h
- Airline
Ajet
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $104 and $123. The drop beats 69% of measured fares on the board, over 8 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
TürkiyeIstanbulTwo continents, one skyline of minarets. Turkish Airlines’ mega-hub means constant fare battles.Best windowApr–May · Sep–OctAirportsIstanbul (IST) · Sabiha Gökçen (SAW)Every route into IstanbulFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in November around $75 and peak in June near $201, 168% dearer, across the 8 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies Ajet nonstop and takes about 3 hours outbound, on a 16-night trip. At $89 for 1,769 km each way, that works out to about $25 per 1,000 km flown. That is well under the $41 per 1,000 km that short-haul fares on this board typically run. Of the 9 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Istanbul, this is the cheapest right now — 18% under the next one, Brussels. It is also the cheapest of the 10 routes of similar length we watch out of Zurich. The best time to be in Istanbul: Apr–May · Sep–Oct.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 13 Nov, $75
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 10% lower than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $214 then versus $193 now, across 18 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 $74, on 13 Nov.
October 2026
13141516Saturday 17 October: $173, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 18 October: $305, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 19 October: $207, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 20 October: $128, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 21 October: $177, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 22 October: $222, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 23 October: $293, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 24 October: $233, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 25 October: $282, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 26 October: $210, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 27 October: $229, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.28Thursday 29 October: $103, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 30 October: $201, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.31
November 2026
Sunday 1 November: $197, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 2 November: $95, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 3 November: $106, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.4Thursday 5 November: $89, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 6 November: $161, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 7 November: $108, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.8Monday 9 November: $103, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.101112Friday 13 November: $75, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 14 November: $75, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.15Monday 16 November: $99, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 17 November: $108, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.18Thursday 19 November: $121, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 20 November: $141, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.21Sunday 22 November: $159, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.23242526Friday 27 November: $110, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2829Monday 30 November: $113, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
December 2026
Tuesday 1 December: $116, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.234567Tuesday 8 December: $144, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.910111213141516Thursday 17 December: $270, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 18 December: $272, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 19 December: $354, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.20212223Thursday 24 December: $237, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 25 December: $202, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.26Sunday 27 December: $296, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 28 December: $282, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 29 December: $240, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 30 December: $192, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 31 December: $281, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
January 2027
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 13 Oct 2026 · bands from 145 tracked fares
Cheapest in Nov, around $75
38% below the $120 typical fare
$103Oct, below the usual price. Compare October fares.$75Nov, the cheapest month. Compare November fares.$116Dec, around the usual price. Compare December fares.$101Jan ’27, below the usual price. Compare January fares.$110Feb, below the usual price. Compare February fares.$104Mar, below the usual price. Compare March fares.$180May, above the usual price. Compare May fares.$201Jun, above the usual price. Compare June fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Zurich to Istanbul, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Zurich (ZRH) ↔ Istanbul (IST) · Sabiha Gökçen (SAW)
- Flight time
- ≈3 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈1,769 km each way
- Typical price
- $120 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Ajet
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Apr–May · Sep–Oct
Good to know
ZRH → IST, answered.
Is $89 a good price for Zurich to Istanbul?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $120 round-trip. At $89 you're 26% below that, which we rate good for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Zurich to Istanbul?
Across 8 months of cached-fare history, Nov comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Istanbul are Apr–May · Sep–Oct — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book ZRH → Istanbul?
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 8 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 Zurich to Istanbul?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (Ajet). The outbound leg runs around 3 hours.
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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