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SFO–Copenhagen fares show a $400 median over a small 6-day sample, with prices ranging from $400 to $602.

Median sits at $400, but a thin sample means limited confidence

Key takeaways

Median fare of $400 anchors the low end of observed prices
Spread of 51% between low and high signals real volatility, not noise
Bottom quartile (p25) sits right at $400, matching the overall low
Top quartile (p75) jumps to $602, a $200+ gap from the floor
Only 6 snapshots collected — too thin to call patterns reliable

30-day price trend

SFO → CPH · cheapest cached fare per day · last 7 days · ↓ 1%

$400 low$602 high

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

The full picture

The data shows a wide gap between the floor and ceiling on this route: fares as low as $400 and as high as $602, a 51% spread. That's a meaningful range for a single route, suggesting fares here are sensitive to how far out you book, demand swings, or fare-class availability rather than settling into a narrow band. The fact that both the median and the p25 value sit at $400 tells us a large share of the observed fares were clustered near that low point, with the $602 figure likely representing a smaller number of higher-priced snapshots pulling the top quartile upward.

With only 6 days of snapshots, we don't have enough of a booking-horizon view to say with confidence when prices typically soften — we simply don't have the data density to distinguish a seasonal trend from a short-term fluctuation. What we can say is that travelers who've seen fares near $400 on this route have evidence that it's achievable, and it's worth tracking fares over a longer window before assuming $602 is a floor you have to accept.

We don't have visibility into a dominant carrier or day-of-week pattern in this dataset, so we can't respond to common booking myths (like which weekday to buy on) with anything grounded. Our honest caveat: a 6-sample window is quite thin for a route spanning two continents, and both the spread and the median could shift meaningfully as more snapshots come in. Treat $400 as an encouraging reference point, not a guarantee.

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AI-authored from this route's 30-day price index. Article last regenerated Oct 10, 2026. Fares shift continuously — confirm at booking.