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 → LIS
Zurich to Lisbon
Best fare, round trip
$133
−5%
below its usual $140
you keep $7
Found
- Depart
- Wed 4 Nov
- Return
- Wed 11 Nov
- Stay
- 7 nights
- Flight
- Nonstop · 3h
- Airline
TAP Air Portugal
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $135 and $155. The drop beats 5% of measured fares on the board, over 5 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
PortugalLisbonTiled hills, custard tarts, Atlantic light — TAP’s hub wars keep this Europe’s cheapest gateway.Best windowMar–Jun · Sep–OctAirportsHumberto Delgado (LIS)Every route into LisbonFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in November around $123 and peak in October near $210, 71% dearer, across the 5 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies TAP Air Portugal nonstop and takes about 3 hours outbound, on a 7-night trip. At $133 for 1,723 km each way, that works out to about $39 per 1,000 km flown. That is about the $41 per 1,000 km typical of short-haul fares here. Across the 10 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Lisbon, this fare ranks 8th — 2.8× the $47 we hold from Milan. It is also the 2nd cheapest of the 10 routes of similar length we watch out of Zurich. The best time to be in Lisbon: Mar–Jun · Sep–Oct.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 14 Nov, $123
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 36% lower than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $236 then versus $150 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 $100, on 20 Oct.
October 2026
1516171819Tuesday 20 October: $210, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2122Friday 23 October: $304, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 24 October: $241, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.25Monday 26 October: $224, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 27 October: $222, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.28293031
November 2026
Sunday 1 November: $214, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 2 November: $149, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 3 November: $145, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 4 November: $133, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 5 November: $154, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 6 November: $149, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 7 November: $147, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 8 November: $142, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 9 November: $154, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.10Wednesday 11 November: $137, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 12 November: $142, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 13 November: $142, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 14 November: $123, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.151617Wednesday 18 November: $149, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.19Friday 20 November: $143, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.212223Tuesday 24 November: $138, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 25 November: $156, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 26 November: $152, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 27 November: $140, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 28 November: $152, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2930
December 2026
123Friday 4 December: $135, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.56789Thursday 10 December: $150, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.11121314Tuesday 15 December: $157, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 16 December: $218, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 17 December: $227, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1819202122Wednesday 23 December: $306, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2425262728293031
January 2027
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026 · bands from 106 tracked fares
Cheapest in Nov, around $123
12% below the $140 typical fare
$210Oct, above the usual price. Compare October fares.$123Nov, the cheapest month. Compare November fares.$135Dec, around the usual price. Compare December fares.$140Jan ’27, around the usual price. Compare January fares.$155Apr, above the usual price. Compare April fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Zurich to Lisbon, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Zurich (ZRH) ↔ Humberto Delgado (LIS)
- Flight time
- ≈3 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈1,723 km each way
- Typical price
- $140 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- TAP Air Portugal
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Mar–Jun · Sep–Oct
Good to know
ZRH → LIS, answered.
Is $133 a good price for Zurich to Lisbon?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $140 round-trip and this fare is 5% 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 Zurich to Lisbon?
Across 5 months of cached-fare history, Nov comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Lisbon are Mar–Jun · Sep–Oct — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book ZRH → Lisbon?
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 Zurich to Lisbon?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (TAP Air Portugal). 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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