New York → Copenhagen flights

JFK–Copenhagen fares cluster near $261 — most deals land $242–$268

Key takeaways

• Median fare of $261 across 30 daily snapshots represents a realistic target price.
• Bottom quartile ($242) to median ($268) covers the majority of observed fares — that's your practical shopping window.
• Low of $224 shows occasional standout deals, but these are outliers, not the norm.
• High of $347 indicates real upside risk if you wait too long or search during a spike.
• 55% spread between low and high is wide, suggesting timing and flexibility matter more than usual on this route.

30-day price trend

See full numbers and stats on the JFK → CPH price history page.

The full picture

Over 30 days of tracked fares, JFK–Copenhagen prices have ranged from $224 to $347, with a median of $261. The fact that the 25th-to-75th percentile band sits tightly between $242 and $268 tells us most days actually produce fares close to that median — the $347 high is an outlier rather than a common occurrence. That's useful context: if you see something in the low $240s to high $260s, you're already in good territory relative to the broader range.

We don't have booking-lead-time data in this snapshot — only 30 days of cached cheapest fares — so we can't say definitively whether prices soften closer to departure or further out. What we can say is that the spread (55%) is wide enough that patience and periodic checking are worth it: a fare near the $224 low is achievable, but it's not the typical outcome, so treat it as a opportunistic grab rather than an expectation.

No dominant carrier was identifiable in the data, and we saw no reliable day-of-week pattern to report — so we won't manufacture one. The honest takeaway is that this route shows real but moderate volatility: half of all observed fares were squeezed into a $26 band around the median, while the remaining half stretched much further in both directions. If your travel dates are flexible, tracking fares for a few weeks and booking when you see a price at or below $261 is a reasonable, data-backed strategy. Just know that with only 30 days of samples, this is a snapshot of recent conditions, not a guarantee of future pricing — seasonal shifts or fare-sale cycles could move these numbers over time.

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