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LGW - HAM • Direct
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Cheap Flights to Hamburg

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights to Hamburg that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Fri, 2 Oct - Mon, 5 Oct
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21:20 - 11:10
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HAM
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18:55 - 07:35
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LTN
13h 40m
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£85Multiple Airlines
Wed, 7 Oct - Wed, 21 Oct
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HAM
10h 15m
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09:55 - 20:15
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11h 20m
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£85Ryanair
Thu, 8 Oct - Mon, 12 Oct
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21:25 - 22:05
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£86easyJet
Tue, 8 Sep - Tue, 22 Sep
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£87easyJet
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£99Eurowings
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£102Eurowings
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£108British Airways
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£183KLM
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KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to Hamburg

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

What is the cheapest flight to Hamburg?

These are the best return prices found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 5 days.

In the last 5 days, the cheapest flight deal to Hamburg was found on the route from Manchester, at £85 return. The most popular connection is from London to Hamburg, while KAYAK users have found return deals for as low as £85 in the last 5 days.

How much is a flight to Hamburg?

The average and cheapest price for all round-trip flights to Hamburg from each origin found by users searching on KAYAK in the last month.

A flight to Hamburg costs £134 on average. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks cost £20 and departed from London Stansted Airport. The most popular routes on KAYAK are Manchester to Hamburg which costs £180 on average, and London to Hamburg, which costs £188 on average.

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What is the cheapest day to fly to Hamburg?

The average price of all round-trip flights to Hamburg clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Hamburg is Wednesday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as £126. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Sunday, where round-trip prices are £161 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly to Hamburg?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights to Hamburg, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights to Hamburg is December, where tickets cost £151 on average for return flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are January and April, where the average cost of tickets from the United Kingdom is £351 and £259 respectively. For one-way flights, the best month to travel is September with an average price of £75.

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

The average price for all round-trip flights to Hamburg depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Hamburg is generally in the evening, when round-trip flights cost £117 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Hamburg is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is £164.

What is a good deal for flights to Hamburg?

If you’re looking for cheap airfare to Hamburg, 25% of our users found tickets to Hamburg for the following prices or less: From London Stansted Airport £74 return, from London Gatwick Airport £120 return, from Manchester £132 return.

How far in advance should I book a flight to Hamburg?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights to Hamburg, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price, you should book around 5 weeks before departure, which saves you about 32% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 22 weeks before departure.

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Expert advice for your flight to Hamburg

 
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Good to know - Cheap tickets to Hamburg

Low seasonJanuary
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Most popular time to fly and prices are also 1% lower on average.
Flight from Manchester to Hamburg

When to book flights to Hamburg

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FAQs - booking Hamburg flights

  • Are there any onsite hotels at the Hamburg Airport?

    Hamburg Airport has one onsite hotel that is a convenient solution for those who have an overnight layover in Hamburg. Radisson Blu Hotel Hamburg Airport is connected to the airport and you can reach the terminals on foot in a few minutes. You can also consider hotels located in close proximity to the airport, for example Courtyard Hamburg Airport or Kocks Hotel Garni which offer airport shuttle transfers.

  • Does the Hamburg Airport offer any services for families with kids?

    Both terminals of the airport feature large play areas for children where kids can play games, paint or jump. Parents who are travelling with small children can borrow a stroller free of charge until the flight.

  • How can I get to the city centre from the Hamburg Airport?

    Taking the S1 train is the best way to move between the city and the airport in terms of both budget and time. The train runs every 10 minutes and takes about 25 minutes. If you do not mind the budget, you can take a taxi which you will find in front of the terminals. Those who plan to hire a car for their stay in Hamburg, you will find seven rental companies at Terminal 2.

  • Does the Hamburg Airport have any business facilities?

    Hamburg Airport has an Airport Business Lounge that can be used for small groups and private business meetings. There is also a Conference Centre which features vast spaces that can be booked for bigger meeting and events.

  • Which nearby cities can be accessed from Hamburg Airport (HAM)?

    HAM is well connected to Hamburg's public transportation system, which includes a suburban train (S-Bahn) and bus services that can take you from the airport to the city centre. From there, passengers can connect to other train or bus services that travel to nearby cities such as Lubeck, Kiel, or Hanover.

  • What is the luggage allowance for Tap Air Portugal flights to Hamburg?

    The luggage allowance for Tap Air Portugal flights to Hamburg varies according to ticket class. The carry-on baggage limit is a maximum of 115 cm with a weight limit of 10 kg, although it can vary according to the class you choose. The checked baggage limit has a maximum linear dimension of 158 cm.

  • What services are offered by Ryanair UK for travellers with reduced mobility flying to Hamburg?

    Ryanair offers services for people with reduced mobility flying to Hamburg, which include wheelchair assistance, priority boarding, and extra cabin baggage allowance with no additional fee. Additionally, Ryanair has modified its aircraft to increase accessibility, including the installation of larger toilets and wheelchair-accessible lavatories.

  • What seat options are available on flights to Hamburg with Sun Express?

    Economy Class seats on SunExpress provide passengers with the option to purchase food and drinks during the flight. Flex Class provides passengers with the benefits of Economy Class but with added flexibility in case of changes to travel plans. Business Class provides passengers with a dedicated check-in counter, priority boarding and baggage handling, a welcome drink, and a high-quality menu of food and beverages throughout the flight.

  • What is the cheapest flight to Hamburg?

    In the last 5 days, the cheapest flight deal to Hamburg was found on the route from Manchester, at £85 return. The most popular connection is from London to Hamburg, while KAYAK users have found return deals for as low as £85 in the last 5 days.

  • How far is Hamburg Airport from central Hamburg?

    Hamburg Airport is 6 miles from the centre of Hamburg.

  • What is the name of Hamburg’s airport?

    All flights to Hamburg land at Hamburg Airport. The airport code is HAM,and it can also be referred to as Fuhlsbüttel, Hamburg, or Hamburg Intl.

  • How much is a flight to Hamburg?

    On average, a flight to Hamburg costs £134. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks cost £20 and departed from London Stansted Airport.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to Hamburg?

    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 to Hamburg.

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

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

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights to Hamburg?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Hamburg 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 to Hamburg?

    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 to Hamburg up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Hamburg

  • Looking for cheap airfare to Hamburg? 25% of our users found round-trip tickets to Hamburg for the following prices or less: Cheap flights to Hamburg from London Stansted £51, from Manchester £122, from London Heathrow £199
  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest Hamburg flight deals.
  • Want to relax or relieve some stress after your flight to Hamburg? Take a rest at the observation deck of the airport and watch the views or treat yourself to a Chinese massage and acupuncture treatments at Chi-Mas Institute to release the tension.
  • Travellers who want to wash up and change into clean clothes after their flight to Hamburg can use showers available in the arrivals zone. Using the showers costs a small fee however it comes with a towel and some shampoo too.
  • If you have a lot of time to kill and wish to avoid boredom, go on an airport tour to experience the airport life from the other side. You can also see the Airport Model Exhibition, admire art works that are continuously exhibited at the Hamburg Airport or try your luck at the SPIEL-IN Casino.
  • For business or long-term travellers who are in between flights and want to refresh their wardrobe, there is a laundry service available at ZWO24Textilpflege located in Terminal 1.
  • Craving some sweets after your flight to Hamburg? Hamburg Airport has cafes that sell all sorts of cakes and pastries, for example Puro Gusto or Café Himmelschreiber where you can enjoy a cup of coffee and satisfy your sugar cravings
  • Shopping lovers will not be bored at the Hamburg Airport as it houses plenty of shops with a variety of products. Flowers, magazines, electronics, cosmetics, groceries - you will find all of that in the open-for-all area of the airport. There are some more options in duty free shops, for example Desigual and Hugo Boss, available after checking in.
  • Iberia Airlines allows pets in the cabin on flights to Hamburg, including assistance dogs. Pets can stay in the cabin if they are 8 kg and below, and if the pet and carrier weigh no more than 45 kg, they are transported in the cargo hold.
  • International flights to Hamburg generally operate from Terminal 1 at Hamburg Airport. Some of the airlines that are served by this terminal include Eurowings, Ryanair, British Airways, easyJet, and Lufthansa.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying to Hamburg

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Hamburg. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from the United Kingdom to Hamburg. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
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KLMOverall score based on 1538 reviews
7.3Food
7.7Comfort
7.2Entertainment
8.4Crew
7.8Boarding
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The flight was 45 mins late leaving, we sat without a/c for some of this, 2nd Meal was a slice of pizza. Movies were good.

8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Jun 2026
LHR - AMS
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The flight was 45 mins late leaving, we sat without a/c for some of this, 2nd Meal was a slice of pizza. Movies were good.

Short flight so it was okay. Nice crew, all very pleasant and professional. We were near the back in row 27 so just as we got our drinks, we started our descent so had to drink very quickly!

Our first flight was delayed so we missed our connecting flight. However it was easy to book a later flight on their app.

The flight was great, the only reason for middle scores on entertainment and food is that it was a short flight so not included (but snacks were served including alcoholic beverages free of charge). I would definitely recommend KLM.

Was trying to change a flight but told that Canadian and local klm systems do not interact so they could not access my booking. Overall I like klm a lot but if it was important to change flights I would be very frustrated.

Delay, luggage didn’t arrive. Had to go the next day to collect it

KLM is my favourite airline. Never ever let us down.Staff are first class.

Pretty bad. Food was awful. drinks were scarce, as if drinking an extra drink would ruin the airline. attendants were not very helpful. likely Dutch "directedness" (I cannot be bothered). Crammed flight. Entertainment in very minimal dosage. Almost all old movies and series with 1-3 episodes only. Very limited number of options available. Jesus!! it seems you need to bring your own entertainment these days even of flights that are 13 hrs long!! I would and I will avoid in the future!

I travel frequently. The flight was late again... KLM should really try and be on time

The flight itself it was great nice food the crew were very nice and helpful, Checking in from Birmingham wasn't great long queues for bag dropped, And I had my hand luggage case taken away from me even though I requested to have it with me as I had breakables items. I was told I can not because of the length of the flight with no explanation at all no options was given for me to take my fragile items out of my case it was taken away with hold buggage I find the staff member who was checking me in very unpleasant !! Can we please be advise if the rules have changed about the the carry on hand luggage it will be easier to be advise on booking your tickect if we not allowed to take the hand luggage with me. Overall I had a good flight .

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

ontime and super quick boarding and disembarking. I made it in 6 min from airplane through passport control to the train platformin Cologne. Amazingly quick airport.

Boarding was fast and efficient. The crew was super friendly. Since it’s a budget airline and it’s a short flight, I can’t expect food or entertainment.

If you buy a cabin luggage, but don’t need it for your kids, so you will end up with mixed priorities. And you will need to use non priority line

Boarding waiting outside in storm and rain is not OK

East check in and security. They are always delayed though. ALWAYS!

Amazed at huge number of people who hadn’t booked cabin bags with big troller cases and rucksacks, not being stopped, what’s the point in following rules or paying more if you don't have to bother?

It was a short flight (1.2h), and everything went smoothly.

Very good, everything went straight forward, boarding, during the flight, landing and all on time Well done

Due to long security check and no last call announcements from Gate staff, my family and 12 other passengers missed the flight.

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

Whole way through - far more professional and slick than I expected

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!!

Boarding could be better. To get through your gate but to be stood in a corridor for 20 minutes is not great.

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!

The food and so are to expensive and old . Crew whas not very friendly . Apparently some other passenger can just Push through the waiting people to board while almost punching me and a father with a child down the stairs. Its always something with easy jet . The seats of row 26 where lose . And for a guy of my size there is absolutely no leg room at all .

Staff had been really impolite at the boarding area and for both ways charged high extra fees without a reason. For the check-in luggage which was measured 3.5 kg and was confirmed by the stuff to cost 40 € , 60 Euros had been purchased from our credit card. When confronted staff did call us both liars and claimed to never have announced anything. Flight back , when not wanting to press a backpack in a measuring metal instead of hand measuring , staff got angry that one did not follow her order, which was than escalated by the team. Although carrying a baby anyways staff did not offer any help in the unreasonable process and than charged again extra money. Cabine crew has been friendly but this experience LL lead to not booking easy jet at all in the future. Check in process in Edinburgh anyways chaotic,to the family check-in and disabled check-in everybody else was guided for check in process, so people just getting in between each other, not possible to monitor your own stuff.

You will pay for everything and feels like the airplane is old

The flight was delayed due to snow in Frankfurt. There wasn't much information from BA or the airport, but Kayak was great and kept me informed of the delay and gate changes.

LCY airport is an amazing airport and I love the flight from LCY to FRA with BA. Efficient, easy, comfortable and great luggage allownace with BA. I iused to fly predominantley LH, but the service and price - benefit ratio of Lufthansa has deteriorated a lot over the last 5 years. Whereas BA keeps an excellent service level with friendly staff.

The information in the airport, and the app was different. Be aware. Different terminals in Stuttgart, so we had to walk a lot. It's a small airport so it wasn't a big deal, but it was ludicrous to see the error in the app.

They overbooked the flight by 3 people. It is completely unacceptable to tell 3 people, with paid tickets, that need to get home for children etc, that they need to stay another night. No compensation. No apology.

Good flight. Not a lot of legroom, but it was fine for a short flight.

No entertainment and the seats are well worn.! To the point it feels like your sitting in a bowl

Disaster out of City Airport with our flight cancelled and very little help.

They canceled the original flight and I had to take the fligh the next day

Charging ports would have been nice. No entertainment but it was a short flight so not really necessary.

My flight was delayed and my second flight missed despite a three hour connection in Düsseldorf. My luggage was lost and it took three hours to recover which was actually unfortunately very much barely possible. I needed to rebook a flight that was three times the original cost of the original flight which now I need to go back and recover from the airline. Terrible experience,

Easy checkin, fast luggage drop off, quick boarding, early take off and arrival. The perfect flight! Thanks

Nice to have reclining seats for a change and great to have internet access

Tivat airport really needs to up its game W Eurowings needs to provide support at luggage collection

Delay after delay: no information besides what my Kayak app provided was provided about the delays. The plane was at the gate. Also, the gate, 100A, was incredibly warm, and the sun was beaming in. Boarding was disorganized with no groups announced.

Kayak - EDreams - Eurowings need to define clearer the hand luggage terms. I asked for add. hang luggage got charged by Eurowings for having add. hand luggage that was not included in my booking. I travel alot! I know the size dimensions never paid twice for hand luggage and cannot chase Edreams or put Eurowings in the wrong. Also there was severe delays on this flight. Issue getting bus on arrival and missed connections. Unfortunate will not use Eurowings

No food on plane.. flights scheduled 55 min..everything is very expensive on aeroport

Filthy plane, obviously not cleaned properly between flights, food crumbles in seat and carpet

Smallest seat I have ever seen. And they had a label with more Legroom but in fact where really tiny.

No cancellations but one flight delayed due to arrival airport industrial action. Comfortable

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