Istanbul to Samsun: buy now or wait?
Typical one-way fare Istanbul→Samsun: €28 (median of 29 daily lowest fares we tracked); under €24 is a good price; cheapest month: September; book 28–41 days ahead.
Cheaper than 72% of what we have seen
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All fares Istanbul → Samsun
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What the history says
Based on 215 prices we recorded on this exact route, compared against the same departure month.
Best booking window
28–41 days — is when this route has been cheapest to book: €27 typical, on 32 observations. That is about €4 less than booking in the last two weeks.
Cheapest months to fly to Samsun
Booking tips from our fare data
- How far in advance should you book a flight?
- Book 1.5–2 months before departure. Tracking the same flights at every lead time (103,225 flights on 20,679 routes, 2026-06-14 to 2026-11-07), that window had the smallest average premium over each flight's lowest fare: +16.4%, against +48.9% in the last 3 days.
- How much does a flight in Europe cost?
- €113 one way at the median, across 27,958 routes within Europe (fares observed 2026-06-14 to 2026-11-07). The cheapest countries to fly to were Albania (€58), Malta (€61.5), Italy (€75); the dearest Belarus (€299) and Russia (€290).
- Are flights getting more expensive?
- Not right now. The Piratefly monthly Fare Index stands at 97.9 in 2026-11 (month in progress), against 100 in 2026-08: comparable flights are 2.1% cheaper than then, measured on the same routes month to month.
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