Recorded fare comparison
January
Median listed fare: $555 per person per night across this month’s priced listings. Cabin types, ships and trip lengths vary; check individual itineraries before comparing value.
$555/night median
98 sailing listings
Cruise destination
Asia cruises
Compare Asia sailings by cruise line, ship, departure date, port, and price.
857 sailing listings in the recorded comparison · recorded Oct 18, 2026 at 05:12 UTCPhoto by digitalarbyter :) on Unsplash
Japan, Southeast Asia and the Middle East are different starting points for an Asia cruise. The comparison uses a broad editorial umbrella that includes Middle East itineraries and Egypt; it does not classify Egypt as geographically Asian. Choose the region you intend to visit before comparing months, because the same calendar date can describe very different conditions across this collection of routes.
Read beyond the departure port. Singapore may begin a longer journey, while a route focused on Japan asks a different set of planning questions. List the calls that matter to you and compare how much time the itinerary gives each one. Check the final port as carefully as the first, especially when considering a one-way voyage and travel arrangements at both ends.
When climate figures are shown, Singapore is the local reference. They cannot choose the best season for Japan, the Gulf or every other location in the comparison. When available, use the fare table to identify listed itineraries to examine, then check the regional calendar and individual cabin terms. If a seasonal interest is essential to the trip, tie it to a specific place and date rather than a continent-wide score.
Known for: Japan & Cherry Blossom · Southeast Asia · Ancient Temples · Street Food · Singapore
Asia · comparison coverage
What these monthly fares cover
Data recorded ; calculated Oct 18, 2026 at 05:13 UTC.
Our Asia comparison covers verified Asian-continent calls plus our Middle East coverage, including Egypt. This editorial coverage does not classify Egypt as geographically Asian.
Departures from through . Months combine all matching years in this window.
516 of 857
listings with a comparable USD fare
341
listings without a comparable USD fare
Fares are USD per person per night. These starting-fare comparisons mix cabin types, ships and trip lengths. Compare actual cabins and conditions on the individual sailing pages.
See monthly coverage and comparison limits
Itinerary geography was checked across 45,205 market candidates: 39,714 unresolved and 4,634 conflicting. Those candidates are not included in this destination’s figures and are not a count of missing Asia sailings.
- Counts cover active listings with a positive trip length whose itinerary locations passed independent source checks under the definitions above. A voyage may have more than one supplier listing.
- Geographic references include GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata. CruiseCaptain checks itinerary records against these references, applies the destination definitions and calculates the comparisons.
- The monthly median uses each priced listing’s lowest usable corroborated USD cabin fare, divided by its trip length. A lower monthly median does not mean the same cruise costs less.
- These counts cover the full comparison, even when the chart shows a smaller sample. They are not sample counts for any one cabin category.
- The dates describe departure coverage, not when each fare was last observed. Fare observation times and booking conditions are not included in this monthly snapshot.
- Check the individual sailing’s cabin, total fare and booking conditions before comparing offers. Weather guidance is a separate editorial source.
Recorded listings · monthly comparison
Monthly fare comparison
Compare recorded monthly fares across this destination’s different regions.
Among well-served months in this comparison, October has the lowest median listed fare at $483 per person per night and November the highest at $600. Adjacent months with limited choice are shown separately and may have lower fares. These are different future departures, not a price history for the same cruise. This comparison spans different seasonal calendars. A lower monthly fare is not a recommendation for weather or wildlife. Choose the region and itinerary first.
CruiseCaptain — corroborated USD listed fares, per person per night; recorded Oct 18, 2026
Real fares — sampled departures, by cabin
Each dot represents a sampled listed fare for one sailing and cabin category. The table’s monthly medians use the full eligible snapshot, not only the dots shown. These are different future departures, not repeated prices for an identical cruise.
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857 sailing listings in the comparison window · dots show 516 priced listings after sampling and validation · calculated Oct 18, 2026
Fare sample and methodology
Departure window: 2026-10-18 to before 2028-04-18.
The recorded comparison contains 857 sailing listings; 516 have a comparable listed fare and 341 have none. Well-supported months and adjacent months with enough priced listings cover 834 listings; 23 listings fall outside that displayed fare comparison. Greyed months have limited comparison data, not a closed cruising season. Counts represent supplier sailing listings, not necessarily distinct voyages. Current verified itinerary links are checked separately.
Lowest and highest labels compare well-served (core) months only. Adjacent months with limited choice can have lower medians. No seasonal score is assigned to this mixed-region comparison.
For each sailing listing, we divide its lowest usable corroborated USD cabin fare by trip length, then take the median within each calendar month across departure years. Cabin medians use only listings priced in that category: inside, oceanview, balcony or suite. Missing fares are excluded from medians, never treated as free cruises. The dots are a bounded sample; chart lines smooth that sample by cabin over nearby departure dates, with monthly medians as a fallback.
Prices are displayed in US dollars per person. Occupancy, taxes, fees and inclusions follow the source listing and are not independently standardized in this comparison. Check the sailing and supplier before booking. The calculation date is not the time every supplier last refreshed its fare; this aggregate does not include individual quote timestamps.
Raw fares come from third-party feeds. CruiseCaptain’s contribution is tracking, normalization and analysis. These recorded-fare comparisons are descriptive: differences in lines, ships, cabins and routes can explain monthly gaps. They do not establish when to book or predict a future price.
Month-by-month comparison
Select a month to pin its column — the spotlight below follows.
Fares compare different itineraries. Greyed months have limited comparison data, not a closed cruising season. No combined weather or wildlife score is assigned.
Climate reference: Meteostat 1991–2020 monthly climate normals (nearest station), Singapore (1.29, 103.85). These representative conditions are separate from the recorded fare comparison and are not a sailing forecast.
Daylight reference: Computed for Singapore (1.3°N), sea level. Daylight changes with the itinerary’s latitude; these figures describe the reference location.
The months in detail
Recorded fare comparison
February
Median listed fare: $550 per person per night across this month’s priced listings. Cabin types, ships and trip lengths vary; check individual itineraries before comparing value.
$550/night median
115 sailing listings
Recorded fare comparison
March
Median listed fare: $525 per person per night across this month’s priced listings. Cabin types, ships and trip lengths vary; check individual itineraries before comparing value.
$525/night median
128 sailing listings
Recorded fare comparison
April
Median listed fare: $573 per person per night across this month’s priced listings. Cabin types, ships and trip lengths vary; check individual itineraries before comparing value.
$573/night median
83 sailing listings
Recorded fare comparison
May
Median listed fare: $299 per person per night across this month’s priced listings. Cabin types, ships and trip lengths vary; check individual itineraries before comparing value.
$299/night median
20 sailing listings
Recorded fare comparison
August
Median listed fare: $464 per person per night across this month’s priced listings. Cabin types, ships and trip lengths vary; check individual itineraries before comparing value.
$464/night median
40 sailing listings
Recorded fare comparison
September
Median listed fare: $579 per person per night across this month’s priced listings. Cabin types, ships and trip lengths vary; check individual itineraries before comparing value.
$579/night median
51 sailing listings
Recorded fare comparison
October
Median listed fare: $483 per person per night across this month’s priced listings. Cabin types, ships and trip lengths vary; check individual itineraries before comparing value.
$483/night median
116 sailing listings
Recorded fare comparison
November
Median listed fare: $600 per person per night across this month’s priced listings. Cabin types, ships and trip lengths vary; check individual itineraries before comparing value.
$600/night median
128 sailing listings
Recorded fare comparison
December
Median listed fare: $558 per person per night across this month’s priced listings. Cabin types, ships and trip lengths vary; check individual itineraries before comparing value.
$558/night median
55 sailing listings
Singapore reference — Daylight & sun
Hours per daySingapore daylight and sun reference only. These figures do not describe other regions in this comparison.
Daylight
≈11.9 h · December to ≈12.1 h · June
Bright sun
8 hours a day in February
Jan: 7 hours of bright sun within 11.9 hours of daylight.
Feb: 8 hours of bright sun within 12.0 hours of daylight.
Mar: 8 hours of bright sun within 12.0 hours of daylight.
Apr: 7 hours of bright sun within 12.0 hours of daylight.
May: 7 hours of bright sun within 12.1 hours of daylight.
Jun: 7 hours of bright sun within 12.1 hours of daylight.
Jul: 7 hours of bright sun within 12.1 hours of daylight.
Aug: 7 hours of bright sun within 12.0 hours of daylight.
Sep: 6 hours of bright sun within 12.0 hours of daylight.
Oct: 7 hours of bright sun within 12.0 hours of daylight.
Nov: 6 hours of bright sun within 11.9 hours of daylight.
Dec: 6 hours of bright sun within 11.9 hours of daylight.
Bright sun
Total daylight
NASA POWER climatology (all-sky vs clear-sky shortwave; bright-sun via Angstrom-Prescott)
Asia cruise timing — questions answered
Does the lowest fare month mean the best season to travel?
No. This comparison combines regions with different seasonal calendars. Compare the itinerary’s locations and dates before deciding when to travel.
Where do the weather and daylight figures apply?
The figures describe Singapore only. They are a local reference, not conditions across this destination or a forecast for a sailing.
Browse verified sailings
The recorded comparison has refreshed. Showing the first checked batch from the latest publication.
20 itineraries verified in this checked batch. Checked Oct 18, 2026 against the comparison recorded Oct 18, 2026. New listings enter after the next comparison refresh.
Further checks may not find more sailings.
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