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Cheap Flights from London to Algarve

Cheapest return flight prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 5 days
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Faro
2h 40mNonstop
from £56per person
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KAYAK's insights & trends for London to Algarve flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from London to Algarve to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest London to Algarve flight route?

The cheapest ticket to Algarve from London found in the last 5 days was to Faro, at £12 return. The most popular route is from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Faro (FAO), and the cheapest return airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was £58.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Algarve?

The cheapest time of day to fly to Algarve is generally in the afternoon, when retur flights cost £230 on average. Morning departures are around 4% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Algarve is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is £263.

Can I save money by flying with a stopover from London to Algarve?

No, with an average price for the route of £279, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from London to Algarve?

The cheapest month for flights from London to Algarve is January, when tickets cost £61 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are May and August, when the average cost of return tickets is £172 and £171 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from London to Algarve?

If you are looking for a flight deal from London to Algarve, look for departures on Sundays and avoid leaving on a Thursday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from Algarve, Monday is the cheapest day to fly and Sunday is the most expensive.

How far in advance should I book a flight from London to Algarve?

To get a below-average price on a flight from London to Algarve, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 26% compared to booking last-minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 16 weeks before departure.

Good to know - Cheap tickets from London to Algarve

Low season

January

Cheapest flight

£21
Best time to beat the crowds (51% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (32% more expensive on average)
Flight from London Stansted Airport to Faro

FAQs - booking Algarve flights

  • I would like an airport concierge escort at London City Airport (LCY). What does this offer?

    When flying from London to the Algarve enjoy hassle-free travel by booking your own airport escort through the VIP Airport Meet & Assist service. You will be greeted on arrival, luggage will be taken care of while your check-in is done for you. After passing through fast-tracked security you will be taken to the lounge of your choice. At take-off, you will be collected by the concierge for boarding.

  • Which airline allows domestic pets to travel in the cabin with owners?

    If wanting to take a pet to the Algarve you are welcome to take one in the cabin with you with KLM Airlines. They will need to fit inside a travel container at your feet comfortably. Service animals are welcome with the right paperwork and a harness.

  • How do I reach downtown Faro from Faro Airport (FAO) with public transportation?

    There are many bus lines that run from Faro Airport to downtown Faro every day. The Vamus bus lines 14 and 16 are good for surrounding areas of Faro and the Proximo bus runs downtown regularly throughout the day. The trip is short and convenient, meaning you will always have a bus available. Taxis are also available outside the airport.

  • What are the car seat rules for children in Portugal?

    Portugal’s rules are not the same as other European countries and it’s important that you are aware of them when travelling with children in a car. If they are under 12 or 135 cm in height they will need to be in an appropriate car seat or booster seat. Portugal does allow children in the front seat if the airbag is deactivated. 

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from London to Algarve?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from London to Algarve.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from London to Algarve?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from London to Algarve is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from London to Algarve?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly from London to Algarve with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from London to Algarve?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying from London to Algarve up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Top tips for finding a cheap flight from London to Algarve

  • When flying from London to the Algarve, the London-serving airports that cater most for this flight are Luton Airport (LTN), 34 miles from the city centre, and Gatwick Airport (LGW), 28 miles from London centre. They both offer direct flights on various airlines. London Stansted (STN) also offers flights if booked further in advance and they offer a direct flight, mostly with Ryanair. Stansted is based 39 miles from London. This flight is very rarely served by either Heathrow (LHR) or London City Airport (LCY), despite both being closer to the city.
  • If needing to reach London City Airport by public transportation, you can catch the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) tube line from the city directly to the airport’s station. This is the fastest and most economical way. If you prefer car travel, you can grab a taxi and be at the airport in approximately 22 minutes.
  • If you need mobility assistance at London City Airport, it’s just a call away. The airport assistants will help with public transportation, check-in, security clearance and boarding. If you have hidden disabilities you will receive the sunflower lanyard, letting staff know you may need assistance.
  • As the flight from London to Algarve is considered short-haul, if you fly with TAP Air Portugal you will not receive a complimentary meal. You will be able to purchase sandwiches and snacks as well as drinks though, and you can bring your own cold snacks on board, too.
  • When you land in the Algarve you will make use of Faro Airport (FAO). It is 2 miles from the city and allows instant access to the surrounding areas. A great way to see this strip of Portuguese coastline is with car rental. Get deals on car hire from globally-respected names such as Avis, Budget and more. Pre-book your car rental on KAYAK and enjoy your holiday with independent freedom.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying from London to Algarve

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from London to Algarve? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
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Jet2Overall score based on 203 reviews
7.2Food
7.6Comfort
6.1Entertainment
8.7Crew
8.1Boarding
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Apart from the delay, it was very good. Crew were great and the plane was great - looked like a newer one.

8.0 ExcellentCheeky, Aug 2026
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Apart from the delay, it was very good. Crew were great and the plane was great - looked like a newer one.

Generally excellent but a couple of areas could be improved. After boarding we were delayed a full 20 mins whilst various ground crew, flight crew, captain faffed around counting and recounting passengers. Said discrepancy between computer and manual. All OK in the end. So why o why did it take 20 mins to find all OK? No sense of urgency shown Secondly the seat base is just not supportive/resilienfor a 4½ hour journey - backside really aching by journey end.

The staff are just so friendly travelling alone was a bit scary but they made me feel comfortable and nothing was to much bother I loved how one of the girls was talking to the old ladies she really took time thank you jet2 shame I can’t get home with u guys 🥲

On time flight. Reasonable comfortable but a bit cramped. Excellent jet 2 staff as usual.

A good flight with friendly crew and check-in but disembarking was chaotic and badly managed

Flights were on time, boarding was straight forward. Very good attentive staf

Delays on both journeys - only found out before geting to the airport as had created trip within Kayak.

There is nothing I can think.of that jet2 need to improve They offer a great package. Very efficient

All was good but they should bring back seat pockets. It’s difficult trying to travel with small children and keep having to get stuff out of flight bag and then have nowhere to put it!

Nice seats with matching colour coded seat belts to make it easy to identify the correct two parts.

Great flight just took some time to board even when lining up early for the flight, even taking off took longer then expected.

Flight was delayed by 1 hour 45 minutes. Aircraft was cramped, dirty and uncomfortable. Boarding staff more interested in charging you for oversize baggage than getting you on board. Overall not a pleasant experience.

It's not the staff's fault. The cabin crew do their best but the setup in Stansted Airport by Ryanair is poor. The herding of people like cattle is unacceptable before boarding and is something that's in every airport but only in Stansted have I seen the queueing of passengers outside the plane on the tarmac and the crew only turning up with maybe 5 minutes to depart. This is a resource issue . Yes prices are good but seemingly comes with a price of poor treatment of customers. I'll pay more next time

It was appalling, full of young people who were drunk and disobeying instructions to sit down. Crew did nothing to enforce. There was a Ryanair pilot sitting in the aisle opposite me who talked through out the safety briefing so loudly I couldn’t hear. Whole thing felt unsafe

Delayed for 2 hours lack of communication no refreshments as promised and the drinks on board were not as ordered and refused to refund

We were diverted to warsaw and there was zero information. We were just forced to disembark and off we go good luck the reat of the way. We all had to go our ways to find a way home!!!! Horrible horrible and it cost us alot of money to get a hotel and trains 4:30 pm next day.

Blood contaminated tissue was stuffed to the back of the seat in front of us.

My flight was delayed 1 hour. My Mood was not great

This time round it was very good, flight delayed by 30mins but capitan put his toe to the floor and made some time up!!

Keep track of your departure times and communicate in Airport. I could have spend an hour more in my lounge

Flight was two hours delayed then instead of flying to Gatwick we got diverted to Southend airport! Then they cancelled our flight and we all got told we had to get off the plane and make our own way to wherever we had to go? EasyJet just abandoned us, no help and as a tourist not knowing even where I was? Disgusting behaviour from the company!!

There was no useful information given regarding the flight back to the UK from Tenerife. This despite the week publicised problems around the EES system and the delays caused to boarding. This aspect of the customer experience could have been much better.

Fast boarding, smooth takeoff and landing. plenty of space in seats. Excellent air-conditioning on a hot day. Perfect experience

Sitting on the last row in between the aisle and a massive person, all people going to the bathroom bumped into me including the flight attendants.

The best budget airline in Europe. Flight was on time, crew friendly and worked hard during flight and were able to meet our needs. Only downside (not the airline's fault), there were no rear steps.

It was transportation nothing more. I will give a positive rating over Ryanair. We missed our Ryanair flight the night before and received rude and unconcerned treatment from the Ryanair customer service. It was late. We were very tired and stressed after doing our best to get to the airport. The so called customer service ladies were completely unconcerned from the start. Aside from that, the flight to London seemed to be their opportunity for advertising. No time to relax as attendants were constantly in the aisle selling. I will never fly Ryanair again!!

Would not advise EasyJet for a 5 hour flight…small plane and hence a lot of turbulence. No inflight entertainment so struggle to pass time in cramped seats. We also fell victim to extra charge for our cabin bags, although bag dimensions were ok, but the handle was rigid and slightly fell outside their testing cage!!….never again will we fly with this airline and be party to their scams for making money!

Very pleasant crew, working hard on a full plane. Delay by a broken seat. However crew made back 60% of the delay.

The pilot did everything possible to make up the 35 minute delay. His communications were honest, prompt and positive throughout.

Staff were lovely. Seats could be wider/ more comfortable and late taking off

Pleasant and friendly staff. Comfortable aircraft. Speedy boarding. Took off on time. Arrived earlier than scheduled. Overall very enjoyable flight.

It was not British Air, we were put onto Air Portugal for our London to Lisbon leg.

Horrible leg room - coach seating with empty seat in middle on a 3 across seating. You buy business class for comfort which includes leg room. Absolutely no entertainment options either. Awful experience

The on flight entertainment system touch screen system and the USB charger did not work on multiple seats on least 4 seats an in different rows. The attendant tried to reset the system but was un successful. I couldn't change my phone to get my ticket for my next flight. This was an international flight I changed seats and the problem was the same. the flight attendant offered his power bank

Business class was nothing more than Economy with middle seat empty. Uncomfortable seat and leg room. A mom behind me had a 18 month/2 yr old on her lap, who had his feet on my back all the time- while middle seat remained empty. Pretty much not worth the fare. Very disappointed.

Once again I purchase a business class ticket and the seat is exactly the same as cattle class, the only difference being is that BA install a janky table over the middle seat so there is somewhere to place your complimentary drink, the tray table is just big enough for the small tray, so if you are not concerned about getting fed and watered on the plane or getting access to the BA lounge I would save your money and fly cattle, PS the cabin crew were exceptional in every way, shame about the equipment

When bussing people to/from the gate, don't pack everyone in like a can of sardines and don't send the bus on its way if the plane isn't ready. Waited for about 40 minutes packed in this bus...both ways!

A Perfect 2.5 hr flight. No amenities, but we did not expect any.

Delayed flight by 45 minutes. Need a refund to compensate for the subsequent itinerary changes

The flight was delayed and absolutely packed, we had to dispach our hand luggage which contained some fragile items, luckly nothing was damaged.

Far easier than I expected it to be. Checked in online & had our boarding passes emailed through. Straight through security & boarded on time. No issues.

Shocking. Faults with the plane in both directions which caused delays with no compensation

Great crew. Seats do not recline :( but it is budget so i should have known. Otherwise comfy leather chair. Slight slim chair but again budget so expected. No entertainment do makes journey boring. Recommend packing plenty of snacks and games or download plenty of films and music in your device. Staff excellent. Clean flight. On time.

Both of my flights had issues with their time slot with air traffic control, so they left over an hour late and the flight back to London was delayed by over an hour. Please provide more clarity about baggage requirements on booking sites, your website and within the app. I had to pay for extra bags at the airport when departing London, because they didn’t specify that your carry on bag can only be a backpack and not a trolley, my trolley bag fit the size requirements of the backpack but still I was made to pay

Were delayed in the airport for 5 hours with no explanation. Flight kept getting delayed by an hour at a time and wizz air staff were no where to be found

It's a budget airline. Great for short flight. Smooth landing.

4 hr delay and only told less than 2hrs before. Only given water and nuts on the flight as complimentary service. Left to wait in rain before boarding.

To be honest I did not like anything. Communication to why my flight was cancelled mid air 2 and half hours into my flight. Customer service desk were not helpful with providing information or a solution on what can be done.

What I liked new airplane Sitting was extremely uncomfortable! Crew not smiley at all Always chewing gum

The flight was cancelled just 4 hours before the take off...

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