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Median IAD–Rome fare is $326 over 30 days; prices span $280–$365, so watch for dips toward the $296 mark before booking.

IAD–Rome fares hover near $326 — bottom quartile hits $296

Key takeaways

Median fare across 30 daily snapshots is $326
Bottom quartile (25% of fares) comes in at or under $296
Fares ranged from a low of $280 to a high of $365
Spread of 30% between low and high signals real day-to-day price movement worth monitoring
Top quartile fares climb to $341+, so booking above that is generally overpaying

30-day price trend

IAD → FCO · cheapest cached fare per day · last 30 days · ↑ 1%

$280 low$365 high

See full numbers and stats on the IAD → FCO price history page.

The full picture

Over the 30-day window we tracked, IAD–Rome fares ranged from $280 to $365, with a median of $326. That 30% spread is meaningful — this isn't a route where price is locked in regardless of timing. If you see something at or below the $296 mark (our bottom quartile threshold), that's a genuinely good fare worth acting on rather than waiting for a better one.

We don't have booking-lead-time data in this snapshot set — only the day-to-day cached fare movement over the past 30 days — so we can't say definitively whether fares soften further the earlier or later you book within a typical shopping window. What we can say is that roughly half of the fares we observed fell between $296 and $341 (the p25–p75 band), which is a reasonable target range to anchor your expectations. Treat anything above $341 as the upper end of normal pricing for this route, and anything near or below $296 as a strong deal.

We don't have carrier-level data visible in this dataset, so we can't speak to whether a specific airline is consistently cheaper or whether particular days of the week matter — claims like that aren't supported by what we have here. The honest takeaway: this route shows solid price variability (30% spread), so shopping around and comparing against the $296–$341 range gives you a grounded basis for judging a fare, but we can't tell you the optimal moment to pull the trigger beyond that.

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Why we regenerated this article: Price spread tightened by 35 points. We only rewrite when the underlying price index actually moves — stable weeks keep the previous take.

AI-authored from this route's 30-day price index. Article last regenerated Sep 19, 2026. Fares shift continuously — confirm at booking.