Stansted Airport: Top 10 cheapest January flight locations

Cheap - We have put together 10 of the most cost-effective Stansted flights for January <i>(Image: NQ)</i>
Cheap - We have put together 10 of the most cost-effective Stansted flights for January (Image: NQ)
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With money a big talking point around the Christmas period, we have put together some of the cheapest destinations to fly to in January from Stansted.

Using flight comparison website Skyscanner, we took a look at how cheap flights would be from the airport and where you can fly for a cost-effective trip.

Looking at the website we tried the flexible dates which allows for all dates in January and comes up with the cheapest options.


Top 10 cost-effective destinations in January

Here are the cheapest places you can go to mark the start of 2026 and the lowest prices we could find for a return flight

  • Lourdes, France -£24
  • Milan, Italy - £24
  • Carcassonne, France - £25
  • Toulouse, France - £26
  • Venice, Italy - £26
  • Rome, Italy - £26
  • Zaragoza, Spain - £26
  • Aarhus, Denmark - £26
  • Madrid, Spain - £28
  • Copenhagen, Denmark - £30

There are plenty more destinations which are available for a reasonable price to get away at the start of the year.

To see more options, visit Compare Cheap Flights & Book Airline Tickets to Everywhere | Skyscanner.

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