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 → MNL
Zurich to Manila
Best fare, round trip
$617
−15%
below its usual $725
you keep $108
Found
- Depart
- Fri 12 Mar
- Return
- Sun 14 Mar
- Stay
- 2 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 15.5h
- Airline
Air India
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $646 and $725. The drop beats 40% of measured fares on the board, over 6 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
PhilippinesManilaChaotic, warm and mostly a gateway — the islands worth the trip are a cheap domestic hop away.Best windowDec–AprAirportsNinoy Aquino (MNL) · Clark (CRK)Every route into ManilaFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in March around $617 and peak in July near $1,094, 77% dearer, across the 6 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 15.5 hours outbound, on a 2-night trip — ticketed under Air India, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $617 for 10,420 km each way, that works out to about $30 per 1,000 km flown. That is well under the $44 per 1,000 km that long-haul fares on this board typically run. Across the 22 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Manila, this fare ranks 11th — 42% above the $435 from San Francisco. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 31 routes of similar length we watch out of Zurich, where the middle fare is $806. The best time to be in Manila: Dec–Apr.
The 5 days we hold a cached fare for
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 20% lower than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $851 then versus $679 now, across 21 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 $617, on 12 Mar '27.
These are the only days we have a cached price for on this route so far — not the only days it flies. The search above covers any date.
Cached fares · checked 17 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Mar, around $617
15% below the $725 typical fare
$724Oct, around the usual price. Compare October fares.$646Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$724Dec, around the usual price. Compare December fares.$679Jan ’27, below the usual price. Compare January fares.$617Mar, the cheapest month. Compare March fares.$1094Jul, above the usual price. Compare July fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Zurich to Manila, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Zurich (ZRH) ↔ Ninoy Aquino (MNL) · Clark (CRK)
- Flight time
- ≈15.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈10,420 km each way
- Typical price
- $725 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Air India
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Dec–Apr
Good to know
ZRH → MNL, answered.
Is $617 a good price for Zurich to Manila?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $725 round-trip and this fare is 15% 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 Manila?
Across 6 months of cached-fare history, Mar 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 ZRH → 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 6 months of cached fares, Mar 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 Manila?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Air India. 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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