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Cheap flights to Lahore from the US and Canada: fares, the Toronto nonstop and winter fog
What round trips to Lahore cost from eight US cities and Toronto on November 2, 2026, when PIA's Toronto nonstop is worth its price, and the fog that delays winter arrivals.
The cheapest round trip to Lahore in our travel partner's fare data on November 2, 2026 was $564 from New York, sold by Qatar Airways with one stop each way. It was for three nights, January 24 to 27, 2027. Most of New York's cheapest fares were for short trips, so this guide reads each fare against the length of the stay, then covers PIA's Toronto nonstop and the winter fog. Our guide to cheap flights to Pakistan compares Lahore with Karachi and Islamabad.
What a Lahore ticket costs, and for how long a stay
Here's what round trips cost in that data, by departure city, for departures between November 2026 and April 2027.
| From | Lowest seen | Typical | Month of lowest |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | $564 | $871 | January 2027 |
| Chicago | $660 | too few fares | February 2027 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth | $737 | too few fares | January 2027 |
| Atlanta | $785 | $932 | November 2026 |
| Washington, DC | $800 | $1,000 | March 2027 |
| Los Angeles | $1,170 | too few fares | November 2026 |
| San Francisco | $1,445 | too few fares | December 2026 |
| Boston | $1,863 | too few fares | December 2026 |
| From | Lowest seen | Typical | Month of lowest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto | CA$1,135 | CA$1,808 | November 2026 |
| Calgary | CA$1,767 | CA$1,817 | March 2027 |
"Lowest seen" is the cheapest round trip we found from each city. "Typical" is the median of the fares we found from that city, shown where there were at least three. The search returns no more than 30 fares per city, cheapest first, and New York hit that limit, so its typical is the median of its 30 cheapest. US fares are in US dollars and Canadian fares in Canadian dollars. All come from our travel partner's fare data on November 2, 2026, for departures between November 2026 and April 2027. They aren't live quotes, and they change daily.
New York had the most Lahore fares in the data, and four of its six cheapest were trips of three or four nights. For a longer stay, look at the $713 fare: Qatar Airways again, March 5 to April 2, 2027, a full four weeks. It costs $149 more than the $564 fare and $158 less than New York's typical $871.
Elsewhere, Chicago's $660 was a Qatar Airways trip from February 18 to March 7, and the $737 from Dallas-Fort Worth, sold by American, ran from January 22 to March 21, two months. Washington's lowest, $800 on Turkish Airlines, left March 10 and came back March 16 or 17. The data had no Lahore fares at all from Houston, Phoenix or Detroit.
One rule depends on how long you stay. The entry and exit section of Canada's travel advice for Pakistan says a stay of more than four weeks means showing proof of polio vaccination when you leave, given within the 12 months before departure. The Dallas-Fort Worth trip, at 58 days, falls under it. The $713 New York trip stays clear of it: you leave March 5 and fly home April 2, so you'd spend less than four weeks in Pakistan.
Routes from the US
Plan on one stop. We searched New York, Chicago and Washington for nonstop fares to Lahore and found none. New York's fares in the data were sold by Qatar Airways, Etihad, Emirates, Turkish Airlines, Saudia and American. The fastest of them were an Etihad trip from New York and a Turkish Airlines trip from Newark, each about 40 hours of travel for the round trip, roughly 20 hours each way. Slower one-stop fares took 50 hours or more there and back, so compare the total time beside the price.
Toronto: the PIA nonstop against connecting fares on the same dates
PIA's Toronto flight was the only nonstop fare to Lahore in the data, and two of its fares line up with connecting fares for the exact same dates.
- March 19 to April 1, 2027: PIA's nonstop cost CA$1,828 and a Saudia fare with one stop each way cost CA$1,746. The nonstop was CA$82 more and saved about 14 hours over the round trip, roughly 28 hours of travel against 42.
- December 18, 2026 to January 17, 2027: PIA's nonstop cost CA$4,344 and a fare sold by Air Canada, with two stops each way, cost CA$2,701. That's CA$1,643 less for about 34 more hours in transit.
March is the easy call: CA$82 buys back 14 hours. Over Christmas, saving CA$1,643 means 34 extra hours in transit, and two stops each way means four connections, which is a lot with small children or an older parent. Our guide to layovers covers how much time to leave between flights.
If price matters most, Toronto's four cheapest Lahore fares, from CA$1,135 to CA$1,386, were all sold by American with two stops each way, in November and early December 2026. Two of those trips began on November 2 itself, the day the data was pulled, so treat them as price levels, not offers. Nonstops to Islamabad are in our Toronto to Pakistan guide.
From Calgary, the cheapest Lahore fare was CA$1,767, sold by Emirates with two stops each way. Etihad's one-stop fares in March cost CA$50 to CA$58 more than that.
Fog in December and January
On Saturday, January 10, 2026, fog cut visibility at Allama Iqbal International to as little as 50 metres, and 22 domestic and international flights were delayed, The News reported. Delays ran two to five hours on flights to and from Dubai, Jeddah, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Istanbul, Doha, Karachi and Sharjah. The airport has fog landing systems, the paper noted, but some airlines still chose not to fly.
A five-hour delay matters most if you've booked anything else that day. Don't put a separate domestic flight, a mehndi or a hotel check-in at a fixed hour on the day you land in December or January.
Heat, rain and the comfortable months
Lahore's averages from the Pakistan Meteorological Department, for 1981 to 2010 and published by the World Meteorological Organization, explain the seasons. June's average high is 39.4°C (103°F). July and August bring 191 mm and 179 mm of rain, about 7.5 and 7 inches. January runs from 19.2°C (67°F) by day to 7.4°C (45°F) at night. November's average high is 27.5°C (82°F) and March's is 27.3°C (81°F), which makes them the mild months, and March was also when the PIA nonstop was cheapest in our data.
Arriving at Allama Iqbal International
Flights land at Allama Iqbal International Airport (LHE). A June 2026 report by the European Union Agency for Asylum says you can reach it by car, taxi, ride-hailing app or bus, and that a CNIC, an airline ticket and a passport may be requested at the entrance gates, so whoever is meeting you should carry ID.
Canada's travel advice says to arrange to be met at the airport, especially after dark, and notes that security forces in Lahore are on high alert. If no one is collecting you, our guide to airport transfers covers meet-and-greet bookings. The advice also lists the Wagah crossing to India as currently closed. The US rates Pakistan as a whole Level 3, "Reconsider travel", in its advisory.
Frequently asked questions
How much is a flight from New York to Lahore?
In our travel partner's fare data on November 2, 2026, the cheapest round trip was $564, but for a three-night stay. The median of New York's 30 cheapest fares in that data was $871, and a four-week trip in March 2027 was $713.
Is there a direct flight from Toronto to Lahore?
Yes, PIA's nonstop was in the data: CA$1,828 for March 19 to April 1, 2027 and CA$4,344 for December 18, 2026 to January 17, 2027. It took about 28 hours for the round trip, roughly 14 each way.
Is there a direct flight from the US to Lahore?
We found no nonstop fares from New York, Chicago or Washington. The quickest New York-area fares in our data took about 40 hours for the round trip.
Does fog affect flights to Lahore?
Yes, in winter. On January 10, 2026, fog cut visibility at Allama Iqbal International to 50 metres and delayed 22 flights by two to five hours, The News reported.
