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Wizz Air fares were lowest 5 to 12 weeks before departure in our 2026 tracking, typically £43. Six months early cost 11% more, and the last 3 days 118% more.
Written By Rick Blyth
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Published on 11th November 2026
Book Wizz Air flights 5 to 12 weeks before you fly. That's when fares were lowest in our 2026 tracking, typically £43 one way. Six months early cost about 11% more. Leave it to the last 3 days and the fare more than doubled: 118% more.
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Wizz Air fares were cheapest 5 to 12 weeks before departure, typically £43 one way. Booking 6 months early cost 11% more, and the last 3 days 118% more.
Measured across 2,935 Wizz Air flights on 35 routes priced 6 to 8 weeks out, 1,107 priced 6 months out and 2,152 in the last 3 days.
This page is the Wizz Air part of our study of the best time to book flights to Europe. Wizz Air is a smaller part of our tracking than Ryanair or easyJet: 2,935 flights on 35 routes at 6 to 8 weeks out, most of them from London Luton and London Gatwick. So it's a good guide, but a smaller one.
Here's every point we tracked, from 6 months out to the last few days, each flight against its own fare 6 to 8 weeks before it left:
Measured across 1,107 to 2,935 Wizz Air flights at each point, leaving March to November 2026, each against its own fare 6 to 8 weeks before it left. One-way base fares.
| Booked | Against 6 to 8 weeks out | Typical fare |
|---|---|---|
| Last 3 days | +118% | £104 |
| 4 to 7 days | +67% | £82 |
| 1 to 2 weeks | +44% | £68 |
| 2 to 3 weeks | +27% | £61 |
| 3 to 4 weeks | +16% | £55 |
| 4 to 5 weeks | +7% | £49 |
| 5 to 6 weeks | About the same | £46 |
| 6 to 8 weeks | Our baseline | £43 |
| 8 to 10 weeks | About the same | £43 |
| 10 to 12 weeks | About the same | £43 |
| 12 to 14 weeks | +7% | £46 |
| 14 to 16 weeks | +19% | £55 |
| 16 to 18 weeks | +26% | £64 |
| 18 to 20 weeks | +31% | £73 |
| 20 to 22 weeks | +27% | £73 |
| 22 to 24 weeks | +23% | £65 |
| 24 to 26 weeks | +11% | £61 |
Each flight compared with its own fare 6 to 8 weeks out. 1,107 to 2,935 flights at each point, leaving March to November 2026. One-way base fares. 24 to 26 weeks is about 6 months.
From about 5 to 12 weeks out, Wizz Air fares barely moved, typically £43 to £46. Further out they rose, to 31% more 18 to 20 weeks out and 11% more 6 months out, though those furthest points rest on fewer routes. Closer in, they climbed fast: 16% more 3 to 4 weeks out, 44% more 1 to 2 weeks out, 67% more 4 to 7 days out and 118% more in the last 3 days.
Here's what that looks like on one real flight, priced every day.
One real Wizz Air flight. Across 2,152 Wizz Air flights, the typical rise in the last 3 days was 118%.
It was £32 six weeks out and £220 the day before.
Wizz Air's pattern looked a lot like Ryanair's: a wide cheap window, then a steep climb through the last fortnight. In the last few days, Ryanair fares were 142% higher than 6 to 8 weeks out, Wizz Air's 118% and easyJet's 31%. Jet2 went the other way: its typical fare got cheaper.
There's more in the best time to book Ryanair flights and the best time to book easyJet flights.
The last-minute jump showed up in every month we could check. Here's each month, with booking 6 months early on the left and the last 3 days on the right, both against the same flights booked 6 to 8 weeks out:
Each flight compared with its own fare 6 to 8 weeks out. "Not tracked": our tracking began in January, too late to see March and May flights 6 months out. We didn't track Wizz Air's October flights that far ahead.
| Flights leaving in | Last 3 days | 6 months out |
|---|---|---|
| March | +201% | Not tracked |
| May | +116% | Not tracked |
| July | +74% | +10% |
| August | +136% | +26% |
| September | +93% | About the same |
| October | +120% | Not tracked |
Each flight compared with its own fare 6 to 8 weeks out. "Not tracked": our tracking began in January, too late to see March and May flights 6 months out. We didn't track Wizz Air's October flights that far ahead.
It ranged from 74% more for flights in July to 201% more for flights in March.
Not in the last week. None of the 16 Wizz Air routes we measured got cheaper in the last week, against 7 of 162 for Ryanair and 50 of 155 for easyJet.
The typical flight's change on flights out of the UK leaving late May to early November 2026. 65 to 249 flights per route.
| Route | Last week, against 6 to 8 weeks out |
|---|---|
| London Luton to Bucharest | +124% |
| London Luton to Gdańsk | +104% |
| London Luton to Warsaw | +104% |
| London Gatwick to Kraków | +96% |
| London Luton to Tirana | +85% |
| London Luton to Barcelona | +61% |
| London Luton to Rome | +57% |
| London Luton to Budapest | +49% |
| London Gatwick to Malaga | +36% |
| London Gatwick to Faro | +25% |
The typical flight's change on flights out of the UK leaving late May to early November 2026. 65 to 249 flights per route.
London Luton to Bucharest rose the most of these, 124%, and London Gatwick to Faro the least, 25%. If you're flying to Budapest, Rome or Barcelona with Wizz Air, leaving it to the last week cost 49%, 57% and 61% more.
Here's what happened when we checked a Wizz Air fare, then checked the same flight a week later:
Checked 24 to 26 weeks outWaiting more often cost more
▲▲▼23% higher, typically £9 more5% lower, typically £4 less
Checked 10 to 12 weeks outAbout as likely to go either way
▲▲▲▼▼▼▼33% higher, typically £9 more40% lower, typically £9 less
Checked 4 to 5 weeks outWaiting more often cost more
▲▲▲▲▲▼▼▼51% higher, typically £12 more29% lower, typically £10 less
Checked 1 to 2 weeks outWaiting more often cost more
▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▼▼68% higher, typically £28 more18% lower, typically £14 less
Measured across 254,631 Wizz Air fare checks, each looked at again a week later. Each marker is one fare in ten; every point we checked is under “See the figures”.
| Checked | A week later it was higher | A week later it was lower |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 weeks out | 68% (typically £28 more) | 18% (typically £14 less) |
| 2 to 3 weeks out | 59% (typically £18 more) | 27% (typically £13 less) |
| 3 to 4 weeks out | 51% (typically £14 more) | 30% (typically £11 less) |
| 4 to 5 weeks out | 51% (typically £12 more) | 29% (typically £10 less) |
| 5 to 6 weeks out | 47% (typically £10 more) | 32% (typically £9 less) |
| 6 to 8 weeks out | 42% (typically £9 more) | 35% (typically £9 less) |
| 8 to 10 weeks out | 39% (typically £9 more) | 36% (typically £9 less) |
| 10 to 12 weeks out | 33% (typically £9 more) | 40% (typically £9 less) |
| 12 to 14 weeks out | 27% (typically £9 more) | 45% (typically £9 less) |
| 14 to 16 weeks out | 22% (typically £10 more) | 45% (typically £9 less) |
| 16 to 18 weeks out | 19% (typically £10 more) | 38% (typically £9 less) |
| 18 to 20 weeks out | 22% (typically £10 more) | 19% (typically £9 less) |
| 20 to 22 weeks out | 24% (typically £10 more) | 17% (typically £9 less) |
| 22 to 24 weeks out | 23% (typically £10 more) | 8% (typically £9 less) |
| 24 to 26 weeks out | 23% (typically £9 more) | 5% (typically £4 less) |
Out of every time we checked a fare at that point. The rest either stayed the same or had no price a week later.
✈️ About 10 to 18 weeks out: a drop was more likely than a rise. Checked 10 to 12 weeks out, 40% of fares were lower a week later and 33% higher, typically by about £9 either way.
✈️ From about 8 weeks out: rises started to win, and they got bigger every week.
✈️ In the last fortnight: 68% of fares were higher a week later, typically by about £28. Only 18% were lower, typically by about £14.
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📌 Key points
- Wizz Air fares were lowest 5 to 12 weeks before departure, typically £43 one way.
- Booking 6 months early cost 11% more, and the last 3 days 118% more.
- None of the 16 Wizz Air routes we measured got cheaper in the last week.
- In the last fortnight, 68% of fares were higher a week later.
About 5 to 12 weeks before you fly. In our 2026 fare tracking, that's when Wizz Air fares were lowest, typically £43 one way. Booking 6 months early cost 11% more, and the last 3 days 118% more.
Not usually. From about 8 weeks out, a Wizz Air fare was more likely to rise than drop over a week, and in the last fortnight 68% were higher a week later. None of the 16 routes we measured got cheaper in the last week.
No. In our tracking, Wizz Air fares were typically 118% higher in the last 3 days than 6 to 8 weeks out.
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