Route brief · ZRH → KEF
Zurich → Reykjavík
$262
−29% vs typical
seasonal median $370 · difference $108
Jan 3 '27 – Jan 13 '27 · 10 nights
SAS1 stop
- Usual monthly lows
- $291–$393
- Board rank
- Stronger than 77%
- Route sample
- 6 observed months
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
Destination briefKEFReykjavíkWaterfalls, black beaches and the aurora — a stopover economy built on absurdly low fares.Best windowJun–Aug · Feb–Mar (aurora)AirportsKeflavík (KEF)All routes into ReykjavíkWhen this route gets cheap.
Cached-fare history: across 6 months, Jan is the cheapest for ZRH → KEF. Best time to be there: Jun–Aug · Feb–Mar (aurora).
Fares bottom out in January around $262 and peak in July near $598 — a $336 spread across the 6 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 5.5 hours outbound, on a 10-night trip — ticketed under SAS, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $262 for 2,641 km each way, that works out to about $50 per 1,000 km flown. That is above the $39 typical of medium-haul fares here. Across the 14 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Reykjavík, this fare ranks 11th — 2.8× the $95 we hold from Milan.
The 6 days we hold a cached fare for
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 29% lower than when tracking began on Aug 8 — $556 then versus $392 now, across 7 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 $239, on Nov 15.
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.
Cheapest in Jan · around $262
29% below the $370 typical fare
Cheapest round-trip fare found per month · Zurich → Reykjavík · cached-price history
Route facts
- Airports
- Zurich (ZRH) ↔ Keflavík (KEF)
- Flight time
- ~5.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ~2,641 km each way
- Typical price
- $370 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- SAS
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Jun–Aug · Feb–Mar (aurora)
ZRH → KEF, answered.
Is $262 a good price for Zurich to Reykjavík?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $370 round-trip. At $262 you're 29% below that, saving about $108, which we rate good for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Zurich to Reykjavík?
Across 6 months of cached-fare history, Jan comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Reykjavík are Jun–Aug · Feb–Mar (aurora) — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book ZRH → Reykjavík?
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, Jan comes out lowest on this route. See /guides/what-moves-a-flight-price/ for what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Zurich to Reykjavík?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under SAS. Nonstop options exist on many dates at higher prices — check the live search for your exact dates.
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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