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MNL → DMM · 🇸🇦 1-Stop · Family Visit Visa
Cheap Flights Manila to
Dammam 🇸🇦
No direct flight — connects via Bahrain or Riyadh. Fares tracked 24/7 across Gulf Air, Qatar Airways, Etihad & Philippine Airlines.
From
₱30,000
roundtrip incl. taxes
~13h 45m
fastest (1-stop)
⚠️ Required
Visa (Family Visit)
5
deals found
Fastest (1-stop)
~13h 45m via BAH
Airport
DMM
Currency
SAR (﷼)
Time difference
-5 hrs (behind PHT)
Best weather
Nov–Mar
Best to book
8–10 weeks ahead
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Manila → Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Usually ₱42,000
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⚠️ Visa required — usually a Family Visit Visa, not a tourist eVisa
The Philippines is not on Saudi Arabia's eVisa-eligible list, so most Filipinos enter Dammam on a Family Visit Visa sponsored by a relative's iqama (residence permit), allowing stays of up to 90 days. Without a sponsor, you'll need a standard tourist visa via VFS TasHeel or the Saudi Embassy in Makati, taking 3–5 working days. OFWs travelling on their own work visa don't need either — their employer/agency handles that.
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MNL → Dammam flight deals today
Cheapest roundtrip fares from Manila Ninoy Aquino (MNL) to Dammam King Fahd Intl (DMM) · Connecting itineraries only · Prices in PHP
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📅 MNL → Dammam Price Calendar
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Best time to fly MNL → Dammam
Month-by-month price guide for Manila to Dammam flights
💡 Pro tip: The cheapest months are September and October — often ₱30,000–₱40,000 roundtrip after summer family visits wind down. Avoid the week around Eid al-Fitr and December 20–January 5 at all costs — those are the two most expensive windows of the year, driven by Muslim and Christian OFWs alike flying home at the same time, and fares rarely recover if you leave it late.
📅 Dammam events & fare surges
MNL → Dammam fares spike hard around these dates — book early or avoid entirely
🎄 Christmas & New Year OFW exodus
December 20 – January 5
+65%
avg fare surge
The single biggest surge on this route. Christian OFWs across the Eastern Province time their annual home leave around Christmas, and every connecting carrier — Gulf Air, Etihad, Qatar Airways — raises fares in response. Normal ₱42,000 fares routinely hit ₱60,000–₱70,000 roundtrip. Seats on the popular late-December dates sell out weeks before the fare even looks expensive.
💡 Book by October for December travel — or fly in the January 6–20 lull when fares reset and demand drops sharply.
🌙 Eid al-Fitr (end of Ramadan)
~March 19–23, 2026 (dates shift yearly)
+55%
avg fare surge
Saudi Arabia effectively shuts down for the Eid holiday, and both Muslim and Christian OFWs use the break to fly home or receive visiting family. Connecting capacity through Gulf hubs tightens across the board during Ramadan and Eid week, not just on flights touching Saudi Arabia. Fares can climb 50%+ above the surrounding weeks.
💡 Ramadan dates move roughly 11 days earlier each year — check the actual dates for your travel year and book at least 2 months ahead.
🕋 Hajj season & Eid al-Adha
Late May – early June, 2026
+35%
avg fare surge
Dammam isn't a Hajj gateway city itself, but the surge in overall Gulf air traffic during Hajj season congests every connecting hub this route relies on — Bahrain, Doha, Riyadh, and Jeddah all see reduced seat availability and higher fares for ordinary passengers riding the same connections.
💡 If your dates are flexible, shift travel to April or early May to avoid the Hajj-adjacent squeeze on connecting flights.
☀️ Philippine summer break family visits
June – August
+30%
avg fare surge
With Philippine schools on summer break, this is when families most often use a Family Visit Visa to join an OFW parent or spouse in Dammam for an extended stay. It's a steady, predictable surge rather than a single-week spike, which makes it easier to plan around than Christmas or Eid.
💡 Book by April for June–August travel — fares climb gradually through the summer rather than jumping all at once.
💰 13th-month pay booking window
November – December
+20%
avg fare surge
Once 13th-month pay lands, a wave of bookings for the upcoming Christmas travel window and general fare-watching activity pushes prices up gradually through November, ahead of the sharper December spike itself.
💡 Lock in December fares in October, before the 13th-month booking wave starts pushing prices up.
📊 How to read this: Surge percentages are averages vs the same route in a non-event week. A +65% surge on a ₱42,000 base fare means roughly ₱69,000. Unlike a tourism-driven route, every major surge here traces back to OFW travel patterns — Philippine holidays and the Islamic calendar both matter. The single best thing you can do: subscribe for alerts and book MNL → Dammam 8–10 weeks before Christmas or Eid travel.
💸 What Filipinos actually spend in Dammam
Real breakdown in PHP — most visitors stay with family, which changes the whole picture
Staying With Sponsoring Family
₱500–900 / day
🏠 Accommodation₱0 (with relatives)
🍛 Meals₱0–300 (mostly home-cooked)
🚗 Local transport₱330–655
📶 Local SIM₱655–1,150 (one-time)
🛍️ Balikbayan box (per box)₱1,065–1,625
2 weeks + flight (₱30,000 fare sale)
~₱37,000–₱40,000 all-in
Independent Traveller (Hotel)
₱4,300–7,900 / day
🏠 Khobar mid-range hotel₱3,280–6,560
🍛 Meals₱985–1,970
🚗 Uber/Careem transport₱985–1,640
📶 eSIM/local SIM₱1,310–1,970 (one-time)
🛍️ Balikbayan box₱1,065–1,625
1 week + flight (₱42,000 regular fare)
~₱72,000–₱96,000 all-in
Why this budget table looks different from our other routes: On a tourism route like Bangkok, ground costs matter as much as the flight. On this route, they usually don't — most Filipino visitors are on a Family Visit Visa staying with the relative who sponsored them, so food and lodging are already covered. That means chasing a cheaper fare has a far bigger effect on your total trip cost here than trimming your daily spend ever could.
🇵🇭 Filipino traveller intel — Dammam edition
Things a Skyscanner page would never tell you
There's no direct flight from Manila to Dammam — every itinerary connects, most commonly through Bahrain. Philippine Airlines discontinued its nonstop MNL–DMM service in October 2024, and nothing has replaced it. Budget an extra 4–5 hours and real layover risk versus what a route like MNL–Bangkok offers. Before booking, check whether Gulf Air's through-fare via Bahrain actually beats the Saudia-domestic-hop-plus-Philippine-Airlines combo via Riyadh — the cheaper option isn't always the obvious one.
You almost certainly need a Family Visit Visa, not a tourist eVisa — and it requires a sponsor. The Philippines isn't on Saudi Arabia's eVisa-eligible list, so the "apply online in 10 minutes" path other nationalities use doesn't exist for Filipino passports. Your Saudi-based relative must hold a valid iqama and formally sponsor the visa application. Start this process well before you book flights — it typically takes 3–7 business days once submitted, but gathering the sponsor's documents can take longer.
Alcohol is completely illegal in Saudi Arabia — this is different from Bahrain, UAE, or Qatar. Filipinos connecting through Bahrain or Dubai sometimes assume Gulf countries share similar rules. They don't. Saudi Arabia has zero tolerance, including for what you might be used to on other GCC layovers. Don't carry alcohol, even sealed duty-free bottles, into the Kingdom under any circumstance.
You don't need to route your balikbayan box through Manila — Dammam and Khobar have their own cargo companies. Unlike Filipinos flying out of smaller PH gateways who often ship boxes via Manila consolidators, OFWs in the Eastern Province can use local operators (LBC, Oak Kargo, Caravan Cargo, and others based in Dammam/Khobar) that ship directly to the Philippines, typically arriving in 4–6 weeks.
There's no genuine ₱1 piso fare on this route, but real sales still happen. No budget carrier serves MNL–Dammam, so don't expect Cebu Pacific-style promo pricing. What does happen: Gulf Air, Etihad, and Qatar Airways periodically drop promotional fares that bring the roundtrip down toward ₱28,000–₱32,000 — a genuinely good price for this route. piso-fare.com tracks all the connecting carriers for exactly these windows and sends an alert the moment one appears.
Airlines flying MNL → Dammam
No direct flights — every itinerary connects through a Gulf hub
Dammam travel guide for Filipinos
Everything you need to know before you fly — written from a Filipino perspective · See the full Dammam guide →
Dammam trip budget for Filipinos
Typical costs in SAR — 1 SAR ≈ ₱16.40 as of mid-2026
6 tips to get the cheapest MNL→Dammam flights
No direct flight, a visa most Filipinos need a sponsor for, and fares that reward early booking more than most routes we track
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Frequently asked questions — MNL to Dammam flights
Content reviewed 2026-07-30 · Prices update automatically every day
Yes. The Philippines is not on Saudi Arabia's eVisa-eligible list, so most Filipinos need a Family Visit Visa sponsored by a relative's iqama (residence permit), allowing stays of up to 90 days. Without a sponsor in-Kingdom, you'll need a standard tourist visa through VFS TasHeel or the Saudi Embassy in Makati, which takes 3–5 working days. OFWs travelling on their own work visa don't need either — that's handled by their employer or agency.
No. Philippine Airlines discontinued its nonstop Manila–Dammam service in October 2024 and it hasn't resumed. The fastest connecting option runs via Bahrain (BAH) on Gulf Air, roughly 13 hours 45 minutes total. A cheaper alternative many OFWs use is a short domestic hop from Dammam to Riyadh, connecting to Philippine Airlines' nonstop Riyadh–Manila flight, though this usually means two separate tickets and a longer total journey.
September and October are consistently the cheapest months — demand drops once summer family visits wind down and before November's 13th-month booking rush begins. Fares can dip to ₱30,000–₱40,000 roundtrip. The worst windows are December 20–January 5 (Christmas OFW exodus) and the week around Eid al-Fitr, both of which can push fares past ₱60,000. Book 8–10 weeks ahead regardless of season — this route has far less seat capacity than short-haul Southeast Asian routes.
There's no budget carrier on this route, so "cheapest" is relative. The Saudia-plus-Philippine-Airlines combination via Riyadh (a domestic Dammam–Riyadh hop connecting to PAL's nonstop Riyadh–Manila flight) tends to undercut Gulf Air, Etihad, and Qatar Airways through-fares by ₱5,000–₱7,000, but it's usually two separate tickets with a longer total journey and more misconnection risk.
Not in the ₱1-base-fare sense Cebu Pacific made famous — no low-cost carrier flies MNL–Dammam. What does happen: Gulf Air, Etihad, and Qatar Airways periodically run promotional fares that bring the roundtrip down to around ₱28,000–₱32,000, which counts as an excellent price for this route. Subscribe to piso-fare.com alerts to be notified the moment one of these windows opens — they don't last long given how limited seat inventory is on this corridor.
A Family Visit Visa requires a sponsor already living in Saudi Arabia on a valid iqama, allows stays up to 90 days, and is the route most Filipinos visiting Dammam use since they're typically visiting an OFW relative. A standard tourist visa doesn't need a sponsor but requires applying through VFS TasHeel or the Saudi Embassy in Makati, and allows stays up to 30 days per entry. Since the Philippines isn't on the eVisa-eligible list, neither option is a simple online application the way it is for many other nationalities.
Yes. All prices are sourced from Travelpayouts based on real flight searches and refreshed regularly. Always click through to confirm the current fare on the booking page before paying — prices can change within hours, especially for hot deals and seat sales. piso-fare.com earns a small commission when you book through our links, which never affects the price you pay.
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