Istanbul (IST) award flights

Cheapest award seats out of here

Points per person, one way, as last observed.

Date	Route	Airline	Routing	Economy	Premium	Business	First	Seen
2026-11-12	Istanbul → São Paulo (Guarulhos)	QR	1 stop · via DOH · 43h 20m	—	—	—	—	5h ago

Typical weather

Average daily high and low, and how many days a month see rain. Long-run averages, not a forecast.

Jan

4°/9°

19d

Feb

5°/11°

14d

Mar

6°/12°

16d

Apr

9°/17°

11d

May

13°/21°

10d

Jun

18°/26°

8d

Jul

21°/28°

5d

Aug

22°/29°

5d

Sep

19°/26°

9d

Oct

14°/21°

11d

Nov

11°/16°

13d

Dec

7°/12°

18d

Warm from Jun to Sep. Driest from May to Sep. Measured at SARIYER, 31 km away. Monthly averages for 2015-2024, from NOAA NCEI, Global Surface Summary of the Day.

Prices on the ground

How far money goes here, from World Bank price level indices. A national average of a household basket, so a capital or a resort island runs above it.

Everyday prices here run at about 45% of United States levels.

A Big Mac costs TRY 325 here (US$6.91). The burger is an illustration only, from The Economist Big Mac index, via bigmacindex.app. World Bank International Comparison Program.

Paying by card

Whether a card is the usual way to pay here, from World Bank Global Findex surveys. It describes the country, never a particular shop or a particular card.

Cards in hotels and cities, cash for the rest

48% of adults pay in shops by card or phone.

If a terminal offers to charge you in your own currency, decline and pay in the local one. The convenience rate is set by the merchant and is always worse.
American Express and Discover are thin outside hotels, airports and chains almost everywhere. Carry a Visa or Mastercard as well.
These figures are national. A capital is more card-friendly than its country, and a village is less.

World Bank Global Findex Database. What adults there say they pay with, not a count of shops.

Flies non-stop to

Busiest destinations first.

Airport

Istanbul(IST)· Türkiye