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Capital cities of Europe

€116 per person with a cabin bag buys 3 flights through 4 countries with 2 capitals: from Malaga on Sat 12 Dec. That trip's oldest price was seen 3 days ago and may be higher now. Below are the two cheapest leaving each month from anywhere in Europe, each stopping at two or more capitals.

In November, typical highs at the capitals run from 4°C in Vilnius to 21°C in Malta.

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Where do you start?

Type a city or a country, or pick “Anywhere in Europe” for the cheapest start. From Canada or the US, type your home airport (e.g. Calgary or BOS): trips start with a flight from the nearest of 11 big airports there (Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal and more), and the budget covers it.

Then fly on toFrom Vancouver, Los Angeles or San Francisco, or an airport near them: a few places in Europe, one long flight on to Southeast Asia, a few places there, and home. Three long-haul tickets, all in the budget.

Leavingbetween 15 Nov – 31 Jan

WhenAnytimeA windowFixed dates

Leave and come backto

Give or take

First flight betweenand

In the next

Prices go up to 12 Feb; later dates are added daily.

Trip3+ places, 2–4 nights each

Trip length

Trip length, first flight to lastto

EndsAnywhere

Where it endsBack homeAnywhereIn a city

Total for all flightsUp to €400

Budget for all flights Only a small under-seat bag (leaves out the cabin bag)Only trips low for their dates (under what their flights usually cost)Leave it empty for no cap. Back home counts the flight home. With a cabin bag, each flight counts its airline's usual price for one, or €60 where we don't know it (€65 on a long flight).

Travellers1 adult

TravellersEvery price, the budget included, is for all of you.

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Set every detail: nights in each, kinds of place, countries, visasnights, places, countries +2 1 changed

Trip shape

Places to visitto3 or more. Your start and a finish city don't count.

Nights in each placetoAny: from 1 up to 14.

Also start from cities nearbyWhen you start from one city: trips can start from any city this close (straight line), and Back home can end at any of them.Last flight byEmpty: any day.Cities in each countryThe country with most of the trip can have more.Return to a country already on the tripCan a trip leave a country and come back to it later? Never keeps each country's cities in one go. Your start country counts too.

Which places

Places you must visit (up to 3)

Kind of placesCapitalsIslandsBeachesMountainsLakesOld townsSmall townsSkiNorthern lightsChristmas marketsWarm places From our notes on each city. Ski counts from December to mid-April. Northern lights counts from mid-September to March. Start, return and must-visit cities don't count. Mixing them up compares the kinds you pick, or capitals, islands and beaches.

Mix them up: no two of the same kind in a row Warm places onlyEvery place's typical daytime high for the month you're there, from long-term weather station averages. A place without them is left out.

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Most of the trip in one countryat leastcities there

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Flight timesandLocal time at each airport. We don't know every flight's times: a flight whose time we don't know stays in, marked for you to check.

Passports you holdLeaves out countries that need a visa.

Visas I already holdSchengen visaUK visaUS visaA valid one opens the countries that take it.

No visa at all: leave out e-visas, ETAs and visas on arrival too Leave each city from the airport I landed at

Prices are for one traveller, flights with a cabin bag, the cheapest seen lately.

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Example trips to capitals

Some of the cheapest we found. They don't change with the search above.

Prices seen, not held: each says how old it is
Each total says what a cabin bag adds
Each flight is its own ticket
Ranked by price alone

We check the onward non-stop fares from each stop, for each number of nights you allow, and string the cheapest we find into a trip through several countries.

November

From Oslo, 23–30 Nov €118per person in flights, with a cabin bag

€46 without bags · prices seen up to 4 days ago, may be higher now

OsloKrakow4nSofia3nBudapest

From Prague, 20–26 Nov €118per person in flights, with a cabin bag

€46 without bags · prices seen up to 4 days ago, may be higher now

PragueGdansk3nStockholm2nRiga

December

From Malaga, 12–18 Dec €116per person in flights, with a cabin bag

€44 without bags · prices seen up to 3 days ago, may be higher now

MalagaMilan4nWarsaw2nStockholm

Airport change in Milan

From Milan, 15–20 Dec €129per person in flights, with a cabin bag

€44 without bags · prices seen up to 6 days ago, may be higher now

MilanTirana2nWarsaw3nCopenhagen

January

From Stockholm, 10–17 Jan €158per person in flights, with a cabin bag

€50 without bags, plus €108 in cabin bags: €48 at the airlines' prices on 2 flights, and the rest our estimate. We count €60 for the bag on 1 flight; check the airline's price. · prices seen up to 5 days ago, may be higher now

StockholmRiga4nCopenhagen3nLondon

From Milan, 28 Jan – 4 Feb €160per person in flights, with a cabin bag

€49 without bags · prices seen up to 7 days ago, may be higher now

MilanSofia4nChisinau3nWroclaw

One city per country, 2–4 nights in each, non-stop flights only. The start doesn't count as a stop. Updated every night.

The capitals you can fly to

39 capitals in Europe, from our notes on each place. Typical daytime highs in November are long-term averages at a nearby weather station, not a forecast. A linked name has its own page of trips from there.

Each dot is one of the capitals you can fly to. Its colour is the place's typical high that month, blue for cool to orange for hot.

Albania

Tiranahighs of 18°C

Armenia

Yerevanhighs of 13°C

Austria

Viennahighs of 10°C

36 more places, in 36 countries

Belgium

Brusselshighs of 10°C

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevohighs of 11°C

Bulgaria

Sofiahighs of 11°C

Croatia

Zagrebhighs of 11°C

Czech Republic

Praguehighs of 9°C

Denmark

Copenhagenhighs of 8°C

Estonia

Tallinnhighs of 4°C

Finland

Helsinkihighs of 4°C

France

Parishighs of 11°C

Georgia

Tbilisihighs of 13°C

Germany

Berlinhighs of 8°C

Greece

Athenshighs of 19°C

Hungary

Budapesthighs of 9°C

Iceland

Reykjavikhighs of 5°C

Ireland

Dublinhighs of 11°C

Italy

Romehighs of 17°C

Kosovo

Pristinahighs of 11°C

Latvia

Rigahighs of 5°C

Lithuania

Vilniushighs of 4°C

Luxembourg

Luxembourghighs of 8°C

Malta

Maltahighs of 21°C

Moldova

Chisinauhighs of 8°C

Montenegro

Podgoricahighs of 17°C

Netherlands

Amsterdamhighs of 10°C

North Macedonia

Skopjehighs of 13°C

Norway

Oslohighs of 4°C

Poland

Warsawhighs of 7°C

Portugal

Lisbonhighs of 18°C

Romania

Bucharesthighs of 11°C

Serbia

Belgradehighs of 12°C

Slovakia

Bratislavahighs of 9°C

Slovenia

Ljubljanahighs of 10°C

Spain

Madridhighs of 14°C

Sweden

Stockholmhighs of 5°C

Türkiye

Ankarahighs of 13°C

United Kingdom

Londonhighs of 12°C

Capital cities from your own city

Each start city's cheapest trip above, per person in flights, and its own page of them.