Skyline of Kartal district, Istanbul, Turkey.

Oslo to Istanbul

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Oslo to Istanbul. From $211.00, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

One passenger pays between $211.00 and $217.50, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. Services cover 2,520 km and are run by 3 operators across 1 mode.

Checked October 6, 2026Priced for October 27, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 3 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for October 27, 2026

$211.00 to $217.50

  • 178%Moves across the booking window

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about $465.45Wed7
  2. about $497.98Thu8
  3. about $454.37Fri9
  4. about $388.00Sat10
  5. about $356.77Sun11
  6. about $304.71Mon12
  7. about $303.41Tue13
  8. about $266.31Wed14
  9. about $321.62Thu15
  10. about $302.11Fri16
  11. about $305.36Sat17
  12. about $288.44Sun18
  13. about $247.44Mon19
  14. about $247.44Tue20
  15. about $216.86Wed21
  16. about $269.57Thu22
  17. about $251.34Fri23
  18. about $263.71Sat24
  19. about $237.68Sun25
  20. about $214.91Mon26
  21. about $211.00Tue27

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Istanbul. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Istanbul for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Istanbul Halkali and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Oslo to Istanbul

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. $167.4090 days
  2. $252.1360 days
  3. $201.1745 days
  4. $218.8030 days
  5. $211.0021 days
  6. $247.4414 days
  7. $303.417 days
  8. $454.373 days
  9. $465.451 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at $167.40.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 178 percent. The most expensive point is $465.45, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
$465.45$167.40137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 90 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Oslo to Istanbul and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

1 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.

The shape of it

2,520 km

2,447 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.

Who lives at each end

1,082,575 → 15,701,602

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

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The journey

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
82% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 18% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 2,520 km against 2,447 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 Warsaw, Copenhagen, Gothenburg, Berlin. The gap between arriving and leaving is 62 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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.

Istanbul is large, and the road in from IST can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Istanbul

Settled in advance, so the ride into Istanbul costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand 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.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Istanbul Halkali

Most of the points near Istanbul Halkali open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Oslo to Istanbul

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Oslo to Istanbul?

Oslo to Istanbul covers 2,520 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.

How much does it cost to travel from Oslo to Istanbul?

The cheapest fare from Oslo to Istanbul is $211.00, as of October 6, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is $342.13. 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 Oslo to Istanbul?

The cheapest way from Oslo to Istanbul is by flight, at $211.00 for one passenger on October 27, 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.

When should I book Oslo to Istanbul?

Fares from Oslo to Istanbul bottom out around 90 days before departure, at $167.40. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 178 percent, measured on October 6, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Oslo to Istanbul?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Oslo to Istanbul, at $247.44. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of October 6, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Oslo to Istanbul?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Oslo to Istanbul, at $173.25 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 service from Oslo to Istanbul?

3 operators sell services from Oslo to Istanbul across 1 mode: Pegasus Airlines, Scandinavian Airlines System, Turkish Airlines. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Oslo to Istanbul?

82 percent of the services we sell from Oslo to Istanbul are direct. The rest connect at Warsaw, Copenhagen, Gothenburg, Berlin, with about 62 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 Oslo to Istanbul use?

Services from Oslo to Istanbul by flight leave from Oslo-Gardermoen International Airport OSL and arrive at İstanbul Airport IST. 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 Oslo to Istanbul?

0 of the 3 operators we sell from Oslo to Istanbul allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs $5.51. 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.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

Being on the water gives Istanbul a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Istanbul and across Türkiye

Day trips that leave Istanbul in the morning and cover a good part of Türkiye by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Oslo reaches 58 places in 28 countries on services we hold, over distances from 53 to 9,687 km. Istanbul reaches 322 places in 88 countries, from 47 to 14,949 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Oslo

  • 58Places you can leave for
  • 28Countries
  • 46Operators

Arriving in Istanbul

Leaving Istanbul

  • 322Places you can leave for
  • 88Countries
  • 81Operators

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