Istanbul to Kathmandu runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:03 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €437.33, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 10h 26m over 5,445 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €437.33, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 7 October 2026
€437.33
- 213%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Istanbul
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:03First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €1,144.15Fri18
- about €1,063.91Sat19
- about €927.03Sun20
- about €722.30Mon21
- about €729.97Tue22
- about €703.42Wed23
- about €769.50Thu24
- about €759.47Fri25
- about €779.53Sat26
- about €665.66Sun27
- about €586.60Mon28
- about €650.32Tue29
- about €607.25Wed30
- about €647.96Thu1
- about €552.97Fri2
- about €556.51Sat3
- about €535.86Sun4
- about €518.16Mon5
- about €472.14Tue6
- about €437.33Wed7
- about €527.60Thu8
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Kathmandu. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Kathmandu for the night the flight gets in
The search opens on Kathmandu with your nights already filled in, so it is one step to a real price.
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When to book Istanbul to Kathmandu
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €465.6590 days
- €365.9460 days
- €433.7945 days
- €473.3230 days
- €527.6021 days
- €647.9614 days
- €769.507 days
- €927.033 days
- €1,144.151 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €365.94.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 213 percent. The dearest point is €1,144.15, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Istanbul to Kathmandu and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
2.75 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.
The shape of it
5,445 km
5,286 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
15,701,602 → 1,442,271
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 5,445 km against 5,286 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Kuwait City, Delhi, Sharjah, Karachi. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
Kathmandu is large, and the road in from KTM can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Kathmandu
Settled in advance, so the ride into Kathmandu costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Where to leave your bags in Kathmandu
Shops, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the opening hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.
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Questions about Istanbul to Kathmandu
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Istanbul to Kathmandu?
The fastest journey from Istanbul to Kathmandu takes 10h 26m door to door, of which 7h 57m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 10h 55m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Istanbul to Kathmandu?
The cheapest fare from Istanbul to Kathmandu is €437.33, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €721.12. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Istanbul to Kathmandu?
The cheapest way from Istanbul to Kathmandu is by flight, at €437.33 for one passenger on 7 October 2026. That journey takes 11h 7m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Istanbul to Kathmandu?
Fares from Istanbul to Kathmandu bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €365.94. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 213 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Istanbul to Kathmandu?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Istanbul to Kathmandu, at €586.60. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 17 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Istanbul to Kathmandu?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Istanbul to Kathmandu, at €361.22 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Istanbul to Kathmandu?
No operator record names Istanbul to Kathmandu directly. Turkish Airlines publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Istanbul to Kathmandu?
20 percent of the services we sell from Istanbul to Kathmandu are direct. The rest connect at Kuwait City, Delhi, Sharjah, Karachi, with about 48 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Istanbul to Kathmandu use?
Services from Istanbul to Kathmandu by flight leave from Istanbul IST and arrive at Kathmandu KTM. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Istanbul to Kathmandu?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Istanbul to Kathmandu allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Istanbul to Kathmandu on 17 September 2026: 5445 km of route against 5286 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €437.33, and 10h 26m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Kathmandu is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Kathmandu and across Nepal
Day trips that leave Kathmandu in the morning and cover a good part of Nepal by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Istanbul reaches 343 places in 119 countries on services we hold, over distances from 19 to 11,424 km. Kathmandu reaches 33 places in 16 countries, from 124 to 5,286 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Istanbul
- 343Places you can leave for
- 119Countries
- 105Operators
Arriving in Kathmandu
Leaving Kathmandu
- 33Places you can leave for
- 16Countries
- 28Operators