Cheap Flights to Europe: $574 to $792 Round Trip, by US Airport
The median round trip to Europe in our grid is $722. Where you leave from moves it by $218, from $574 in New York to $792 in Austin; which city you land in moves it by more. Every figure here comes from 1,037 fares priced on one day and refreshed monthly.
Fares observed · refreshed monthly, whole grid at once
- $722
- Median of every fare in the grid, 1,037 round trips
- $574
- Cheapest US gateway on median: New York, $218 under the dearest
- $388
- Lowest fare in the grid: Washington DC to Helsinki
- 26
- Departure-city guides, one per US gateway we price
How much does it cost to fly to Europe?
On median, $722 round trip in economy, across 1,037 fares we priced on August 30, 2026: the cheapest one-week trip in the following six months from each of 26 US gateway metros to each of 40 European cities. The cheapest city on median is Stockholm at $617 and the dearest is Mykonos at $965; the cheapest gateway is New York at $574 and the dearest Austin at $792. These are off-season figures, and floors across a window rather than bookable prices.
The cheapest US airports to fly to Europe, ranked
Median fare across roughly 40 European cities, so no single lucky route distorts a gateway’s position. The floor beside each bar is that airport’s best single fare, and the gap between the two is what watching for a drop is worth where you live.
- New Yorkbest: Reykjavik $422$574
- Bostonbest: Helsinki $390$598
- Orlandobest: London $405$629
- Miamibest: Paris $526$646
- Washington DCbest: Helsinki $388$651
- Chicagobest: Reykjavik $468$652
- Seattlebest: Stockholm $418$665
- Los Angelesbest: Barcelona $560$666
- San Franciscobest: Malta $611$671
- Atlantabest: Oslo $608$690
- Raleighbest: Stockholm $436$709
- Denverbest: Reykjavik $452$713
- Minneapolisbest: Helsinki $443$731
- Philadelphiabest: Reykjavik $611$738
- Nashvillebest: Stockholm $445$743
- Portlandbest: Stockholm $432$747
- Charlottebest: Venice $631$749
- Dallasbest: Naples $667$750
- Detroitbest: Reykjavik $630$757
- Las Vegasbest: Berlin $590$760
- Houstonbest: Barcelona $691$768
- Tampabest: Dublin $680$768
- Phoenixbest: Madrid $699$778
- Salt Lake Citybest: Stockholm $694$782
- San Diegobest: Reykjavik $643$784
- Austinbest: Reykjavik $634$792
The full working, including why northern Europe is consistently cheaper to reach and where the departure airport is worth hundreds, is in the cheapest places to fly in Europe. To judge a specific quote against what a city normally costs, see our price thresholds.
By country
Where we price at least three cities in a country, the question stops being “what does it cost” and becomes which city do I fly into — a different question with a different answer. The other 15 countries in the grid have one or two priced cities between them, so their city pages already say everything a country page could.
- Spaincheapest way in: Barcelona $673$707
- Italycheapest way in: Rome $669$712
- Germanycheapest way in: Berlin $690$718
- Francecheapest way in: Paris $690$744
- United Kingdomcheapest way in: London $771$782
- Greececheapest way in: Athens $764$945
Common questions
- What is the cheapest way to fly to Europe from the US?
- Fly from a well-served gateway to a northern city in the off season. New York had the lowest median fare to Europe at $574 across roughly 40 cities, and Stockholm was the cheapest destination at a $617 median. Nordics & Iceland beat every other region at $638.
- How much should a flight to Europe cost?
- The median across all 1,037 fares we priced on August 30, 2026 is $722 round trip in economy, and by city the medians run from $617 for Stockholm to $965 for Mykonos. Those are off-season figures: the grid prices departures in the six months after collection, and we have not priced summer. To judge a specific quote against what its city normally costs, we publish a threshold for every city.
- Is it cheaper to fly to Europe from a bigger airport?
- Usually, but not always, and the gap is smaller than people assume. The spread between the cheapest and most expensive US gateway is $218 on median. More usefully, almost every expensive gateway has at least one European city it reaches for about what New York pays.
- When is the cheapest time to fly to Europe?
- We cannot say yet from our own data, and we will not guess. The grid prices the six months after each collection, September 2026 through February 2027 for the current snapshot, so every figure on this site is an off-season fare; summer is outside the window and we have not measured it. The Boston guide records which weeks came up cheapest in that search; the grid stores the fare and not the week, and from the September 2026 snapshot it stores both. The second monthly snapshot, due at the end of September, is the first that can show how fares move, and the cheapest-month analysis will be published from the data rather than from a rule of thumb.
Barcelona or Rome: Rome Looks Cheaper, Barcelona Wins 21 of 26 Airports
Rome medians $669 and Barcelona $673, so Rome looks cheaper. From 21 of 26 US airports, Barcelona is the cheaper flight.
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Germany or Italy: Italy Leads on Median, Germany Is Cheaper From 16 Airports
Italy medians $712 and Germany $718, so Italy looks cheaper. Germany is the cheaper flight from 16 of 26 US gateways.
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London or Paris: Paris Wins 20 of 25 Airports, London Has the Floor
Paris medians $690 against London's $771 and is cheaper from 20 of 25 US gateways. London holds the single lowest fare of either, $405.
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The UK or France: France Is Cheaper From 22 of 26 US Airports
France medians $744 against the UK's $782 and is cheaper from 22 of 26 US gateways. The UK's whole case is one Orlando fare.
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Greece or Italy: Italy Is Cheaper From All 26 US Airports We Price
Greece is the most expensive country in our grid at a $945 median against Italy's $712. Italy is cheaper from every single US gateway, by up to $386.
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Paris or Rome: Rome Is Cheaper From 18 of 25 US Airports
Rome medians $669 against Paris at $690, and it is cheaper from 18 of 25 US gateways. But the single best fare to either belongs to Paris.
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Portugal or Spain: The Closest Call in Our Data, 12 Airports to 11
Portugal medians $700 and Spain $707. Across 26 US gateways Portugal wins 12, Spain 11, and 3 are level.
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Spain or Italy: Which Is Cheaper to Fly To? Spain, From 20 of 26 US Airports
On median the two are $707 and $712, a near tie. Gateway by gateway it is not close: Spain is cheaper from 20 of 26 US airports.
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Business Class to Europe Costs 4x From New York and 10x From Las Vegas
We priced business class on 884 routes from all 26 US gateways, the same fixed week as our economy grid. The premium over economy ranges from 3.9x to 9.5x depending only on where you leave from.
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Cheap Flights from Atlanta to Europe: 10th of 26, Never Cheaper Than New York
The world's busiest airport is 10th of 26 for Europe, and does not beat New York to a single European city. Atlanta is the clearest evidence in our data that hub size and cheap fares are different things.
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Cheap Flights from Austin to Europe: The Most Expensive of 26 US Gateways
Austin had the highest median in our dated US-to-Europe fare snapshot. Compare its Reykjavik and Dublin floors, Texas alternatives, and complete-trip costs.
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Cheap Flights from Charlotte to Europe: 17th of 26, Cheap to Italy Only
Charlotte is 4th in America for Venice, 25th of 26 for Stockholm: the sharpest inversion in our grid. Atlanta and Dallas are expensive for the same reason.
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Cheap Flights from Dallas to Europe: 18th of 26, With No Nordic Discount
Every comparable inland US airport reaches Stockholm for under $500. Dallas pays $711. The Nordic discount that rescues Raleigh, Nashville, Denver and Minneapolis does not reach Texas — and that is most of why Dallas ranks 18th of 26.
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Cheap Flights from Denver to Europe: 12th of 26, Cheap to Two Cities Only
Denver has two genuinely good European fares — Reykjavik and Stockholm, both $452 — and then a $99 cliff. No other gateway we price has a cheap end this steep, or beats New York on so little.
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Cheap Flights from Detroit to Europe: 19th of 26, Beaten by Minneapolis
Detroit and Minneapolis are both northern Delta fortress hubs. Minneapolis is 2nd in America for Copenhagen at $465. Detroit pays $763 — and that single comparison breaks the tidiest theory in our data.
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Cheap Flights from Houston to Europe: 21st of 26, Best to the Greek Islands
Houston's Greek-island fares ranked better than its mainland fares in our dated snapshot. Compare your destination and full trip cost before positioning elsewhere.
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Cheap Flights from Las Vegas to Europe: Cheapest US Airport for Berlin
Las Vegas is tied for the cheapest airport in America for Berlin, and top-three for Milan, Hamburg and Prague. It also ranks 20th of 26 overall — a specialist gateway hiding inside a below-average one.
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Cheap Flights from Minneapolis to Europe: 13th of 26, Top Three to the Nordics
Minneapolis is 2nd in America for Copenhagen and 3rd for Helsinki, and its five cheapest European cities are all Nordic. It also ranks 13th of 26 overall — the widest gap between a specialty and a general position in our grid.
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Cheap Flights from Nashville to Europe: 15th of 26, Strong at Both Ends
Nashville is 3rd in America for Copenhagen and 4th for Rome and Amsterdam: a mid-size airport strong at both ends of Europe, which few gateways manage.
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Cheap Flights from Philadelphia to Europe: 14th of 26, Cheap to Germany
Philadelphia's cheap end is German and Italian — Berlin, Hamburg, Florence, Milan — which no other US gateway can say. It also sits 90 miles from Newark, which is $161 cheaper on median, and that is the question this page has to answer.
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Cheap Flights from Phoenix to Europe: 23rd of 26, One City Under $700
Phoenix reaches exactly one European city under $700 out of the 40 we price, and holds the third-most-expensive single fare in our entire grid. It ranks 23rd of 26, and the reason is not distance.
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Cheap Flights from Portland to Europe: 16th of 26, Far Better to the Nordics
Portland is 2nd in America for Oslo, $104 under New York. Four Nordic capitals under $480 from an airport ranked 16th of 26: the polar route at work.
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Cheap Flights from Raleigh to Europe: Four Nordic Capitals Under $500
Raleigh's five cheapest European cities are all Nordic, four are under $500, and Helsinki costs $76 less than it does from New York. A mid-size airport at 36° north has no business pricing Scandinavia this well.
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Cheap Flights from Salt Lake City to Europe: No European Carrier Sells It
Salt Lake City is a fortress hub whose cheapest European fare still ranks 19th in America. One city under $700 out of 40, and a $208 median gap to New York that party size decides.
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Cheap Flights from San Diego to Europe: 25th of 26, and LAX Beats It
San Diego ranks 25th of 26 and beats Los Angeles on exactly one European city — Reykjavik, by $31. On everything else LAX is $53 to $171 cheaper, and it is 120 miles up the freeway.
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Cheap Flights from San Francisco to Europe: 9th of 26, Goes South Not North
San Francisco's ten cheapest European cities sit within $22 of each other, and six of them are Mediterranean. It is the West Coast gateway that goes south, not north — the opposite of Seattle.
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Cheap Flights from Tampa to Europe: 22nd of 26, Orlando Is Worth the Drive
Orlando, 85 miles away, ranks 3rd of 26 US gateways; Tampa ranks 22nd. On London the gap is $381, the widest between neighboring airports in our grid.
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Cheap Flights to France: Paris Has the Cheapest Fare in Western Europe
New York to Paris is $459 — lower than any fare into a French, Italian, Spanish or German city in our grid. Nice and Bordeaux cost $54 and $83 more on median, and the TGV covers both.
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Cheap Flights to Germany: Berlin Is Consistent, Munich Is a Lottery
Berlin has the cheapest German median and one of the narrowest gateway spreads in Europe. Munich has the cheapest single German fare and a spread $87 wider. Which you want depends on where you live.
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Cheap Flights to Greece: The Islands Are the Two Worst Fares in Europe
Mykonos and Santorini rank 40th and 39th of 40 European cities. Athens is $201 and $181 cheaper on median; the hop costs a fraction of that.
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Cheap Flights to Italy: Rome Is $95 Cheaper Than Florence
Rome is the 5th-cheapest city in Europe and Florence the 28th, 90 minutes apart by train. The arrival airport is worth more than any fare trick.
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Cheap Flights to Spain: Orlando Beats New York on Three of Four Cities
Barcelona is the 7th cheapest city in Europe and Seville the 34th, and the airport that gets you to Spain cheapest is not the one you would guess. Four Spanish cities priced from 26 US gateways.
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Cheap Flights to the UK: The Most Expensive Country We Price
All five British cities we price rank in the bottom quartile of Europe, and three of them carry the widest gateway spreads on the continent. London runs $405 from Orlando and $957 from Dallas — the same city, the same week.
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The Cheapest Countries to Fly to in Europe: Spain Leads 6 Countries at $707
Spain is the cheapest European country big enough to compare, at a $707 median. Nine one- or two-city countries, Sweden first at $617, come in lower.
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The Cheapest Places to Fly Into in Europe: Stockholm Leads 40 Cities at $617
40 European cities ranked by the cost to fly into each from 26 US gateways, priced in one day. Stockholm is cheapest at $617; four Nordic capitals lead.
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Flexible on Where You Go? What That Is Actually Worth, by Airport
"Be flexible" is standard advice. Across 1,037 fares it is worth $315 from Portland and $60 from San Francisco — a 5x gap, almost always one Nordic route.
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Cheap Flights from Boston to Europe: 2nd-Cheapest US Gateway, $598 Median
Compare dated Boston-to-Europe fare observations, nonstop and connecting choices, and the total cost of positioning or adding an Iceland stopover.
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Cheap Flights from Chicago to Europe: The Best Inland Gateway, 6th of 26
Chicago is the best inland US gateway to Europe and the national floor for Athens and Naples. Plus the $520 premium its own hub carriers charge.
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Cheap Flights from Los Angeles to Europe: One Airline Wins 14 of 15 Routes
LA fares are flat and unremarkable. The airline you pick is not: Royal Air Maroc was cheapest on 14 of the 15 LAX routes we priced it on, by up to $639.
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Cheap Flights from Miami to Europe: 4th of 26, Cheapest for No City
Miami ranks 4th of 26 US gateways on median fare to Europe and is cheapest for none of the 40 cities we price. Why, and when Orlando beats it.
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Cheap Flights from New York to Europe: 40 Places Ranked, 1st of 26 Gateways
The cheapest places to fly to in Europe from New York, all 40 ranked. NYC is the cheapest US gateway on median, but not to everywhere.
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Cheap Flights from Orlando to Europe: 3rd of 26, Cheapest in the US for London
Orlando is the 3rd cheapest US gateway to Europe and holds the national floor for London, Madrid, Seville and Valencia. A leisure airport beating the coasts.
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Cheap Flights from Seattle to Europe: Cheapest US Airport for Stockholm
Seattle is the cheapest airport in America for Stockholm and Copenhagen. The polar route is shorter than the map suggests, and the fares prove it.
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Cheap Flights from Washington, D.C. to Europe: 5th of 26, Our Lowest Fare
Washington ranks 5th of 26 US gateways on median fare to Europe and holds the single lowest fare in our entire dataset. It rewards watching.
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The Nordic Discount: Mid-Size Airports Beat the Big Hubs
In our dated fare snapshot, Portland ranked better to Nordic capitals than to Europe overall; San Francisco ranked worse. Compare your gateway before choosing an arrival city.
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