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Prices last updated: 2026-08-18 · MNL → Palau (ROR) · Sourced from Travelpayouts
MNL → ROR · 🇵🇼 Visa-Free 30 Days
Cheap Flights Manila to
Palau 🇵🇼
Direct flights, real prices, and what Filipino divers and OFWs need to know on MNL → Palau. Philippine Airlines & United — only 2 flights a week, tracked daily.
From
₱45,276
roundtrip incl. taxes
~3h 00m
direct flight
✅ Free
Visa (30 days)
5
deals found
Direct flight
~3h 00m
Airport
ROR (Koror)
Currency
USD ($)
Time difference
+1 hr (ahead of PHT)
Best weather
Dec–Apr
Best to book
8–12 weeks ahead
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Manila → Palau (Koror)
Usually ₱48,500
₱45,276
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✅ Visa-free for Philippine passport holders — up to 30 days
Filipinos can visit Palau visa-free for up to 30 days for tourism. Bring a valid passport (6 months validity beyond your stay), a return ticket, and evidence you can support yourself. Every visitor must submit the online Palau Entry Form within 72 hours of arrival and sign the Palau Pledge, an environmental promise stamped into your passport on landing. The $100 Pristine Paradise Environmental Fee is already bundled into your PAL or United ticket.
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MNL → Palau flight deals today
Roundtrip fares from Manila Ninoy Aquino (MNL) to Roman Tmetuchl Int'l, Koror (ROR) · Only 2 flights a week · Prices in PHP
Updated 2026-08-18
📅 MNL → Palau Price Calendar
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Best time to fly MNL → Palau
Month-by-month price guide for Manila to Palau flights
💡 Pro tip: The cheapest months are June through September — Palau's rainy season, when fares can fall to ₱22,000–₱30,000 roundtrip. December through April is Palau's dry season — the best diving weather, but also the most expensive window, compounded by Christmas travel and peak East Asian tourist demand. With only 2 flights a week, book well before these dates rather than waiting for a seat sale.
📅 Palau events & fare surges
MNL → Palau fares spike hard around these dates — book early or avoid entirely
🎄 Christmas, New Year & peak dry season
December 15 – January 10
+70%
avg fare surge
The biggest surge on this route — Christmas coincides with the start of Palau's dry season, the best weather window for diving all year. OFWs based in Palau fly home for the holidays on the same twice-weekly flights that East Asian dive tourists are booking for peak-season trips. With only 2 departures a week and a 199-seat aircraft, this isn't a "prices go up" situation — it's a "seats may not exist" situation if you wait past October.
💡 Book by September for December travel. There is no January lull the way Bangkok has — dry season runs through April.
🧧 Lunar New Year dive season
Late January – February
+55%
avg fare surge
Palau's tourism has historically leaned heavily on Chinese, Taiwanese, and Korean visitors, and Lunar New Year is one of the biggest inbound travel weeks of the year for the whole region. It lands squarely inside Palau's dry season, so hotel rooms and the limited PAL/United seats compress at the same time. This is compounded by Shark Week (Feb 24–Mar 3, 2026), a smaller but real diver-community draw.
💡 If your dates are flexible, shift a "February diving trip" to early March — same dry-season conditions, noticeably less competition for seats and rooms.
🇵🇭 Philippine Holy Week
Late March – early April (dates shift yearly)
+45%
avg fare surge
Holy Week falls at the tail end of Palau's dry season, so it draws both Filipino travellers wanting a long-weekend dive trip and the last wave of East Asian tourists before the rains start in May. On a daily route like MNL–Bangkok this would be absorbable; on a twice-weekly route with a single 199-seat aircraft, Holy Week departures can sell out months ahead.
💡 Book Holy Week travel by January if you want a real choice of dates — this is not a route where last-minute seats appear.
🎉 Palau Independence & Constitution Day
October 1 (Independence); July 9 (Constitution Day)
+25%
avg fare surge
Palau's national holidays draw diaspora and regional visitors back for cultural celebrations, and October also marks the start of the shoulder season as dry-season demand begins building again. The surge is moderate compared to Christmas or Lunar New Year, but still enough to move fares up from the July–September lows.
💡 Late September is the sweet spot — you still get the lowest fares of the year, just before the October uptick begins.
✈️ The schedule is the real surge factor
Every Wed & Sun departure, year-round
Fixed
capacity, not promo cycle
Unlike routes with 4–5 daily flights across multiple airlines, MNL–Palau has exactly 2 PAL departures a week plus United's less-frequent nonstop. There is no way to "add capacity" around a surge the way Cebu Pacific can add extra Bangkok flights during Songkran. Every event above compounds against a fixed, small seat pool — which is why the surge percentages here are driven as much by scarcity as by demand.
💡 Treat this route like booking a concert with two shows a week, not an airline route with hourly departures.
📊 How to read this: Surge percentages are estimates relative to non-peak weeks on this new route — piso-fare.com doesn't yet have years of historical data the way we do for MNL–Bangkok, since PAL only started flying here in March 2026. What we do know for certain: with only 2 flights a week, scarcity matters as much as seasonal demand. The single best thing you can do: subscribe for alerts and book 8–12 weeks ahead for any December–April travel.
💸 What Filipinos actually spend in Palau
Real daily breakdown in PHP — and why this is not a Bangkok-style budget destination
Budget Filipino Traveller
₱4,200–5,500 / day
🍜 Food (Filipino canteens)₱1,540–2,150
🚕 Pre-booked taxi/shuttle₱1,230–2,460
🏨 Antelope Guesthouse-style stay₱3,450–4,310
📶 PNCC tourist SIM (one-time)₱1,294
🐠 Rock Islands Permit (one-time)₱6,160
5 days + flights (₱38,000 regular fare)
~₱70,000–₱80,000 all-in
Comfortable Filipino Traveller
₱15,000–24,000 / day
🍜 Mixed restaurant dining₱3,080–4,930
🚕 Rental car or private transfer₱3,080–6,160
🏨 Palasia/Palau Central Hotel₱9,240–13,240
🤿 Rock Islands day tour + permit₱9,240–15,400
📶 Pocket WiFi rental (per day)₱1,663
5 days + flights (₱42,000 regular fare)
~₱200,000–₱210,000 all-in
Is Palau cheaper than Bangkok or Boracay? No — it's genuinely more expensive, and pretending otherwise sets travellers up to run out of money mid-trip. Palau transacts in USD directly, so there's no currency-arbitrage cushion the way there is with THB or Philippine domestic pricing. A budget guesthouse bed here ($56–70/night) costs more than a 3-star Bangkok hotel room. The mandatory $100 Rock Islands Permit alone equals roughly two nights at a Boracay budget inn. Palau earns the premium with Jellyfish Lake and UNESCO-listed diving you can't get anywhere else visa-free from Manila — but budget like it's a splurge trip, not a weekend piso fare getaway.
🇵🇭 Filipino traveller intel — Palau edition
Things a Skyscanner page would never tell you
Roughly 7,000 Filipinos live in Palau — about 35% of the country's entire population of 18,000. That's the largest Filipino population share, relative to a destination's total population, of any route piso-fare.com covers. Filipino workers anchor Palau's tourism, hospitality, fishing, and construction sectors, and restaurant staff across Koror are overwhelmingly Filipino. For the OFW community here, this new direct flight — launched March 2026 — is the first time getting home for Christmas hasn't meant connecting through Guam, Taiwan, or Japan.
This route only exists twice a week — Wednesday and Sunday on PAL, departing Manila around 9:45–10:15 PM. There is no "just take tomorrow's flight" option like there is on Manila–Bangkok. Miss your Wednesday flight and your next option is Sunday, or a costlier, less convenient United connection through Guam. Build in a buffer day in Manila before you fly, especially during PAL's own domestic peak-season congestion.
The Palau Pledge is real law, not tourist theater. Every visitor signs an environmental promise stamped into their passport on arrival, committing to not touch coral, collect shells, or feed marine life. Palau has genuinely fined visitors for violations — this isn't the same as a generic "be respectful" sign you can ignore. Combine this with the mandatory $100 Rock Islands Permit, and Palau enforces its conservation rules more strictly than almost anywhere else Filipinos fly to visa-free.
Airalo, Holafly, and Nomad don't cover Palau — this is the one route where your usual eSIM trick doesn't work. PNCC is the only real mobile network in the country, and its airport kiosk is unreliable and often closed. Buy your tourist SIM ($21 for 10GB/15 days) at the PNCC retail store in downtown Koror once you land, or arrange a pocket WiFi rental in advance if you need connectivity the moment you touch down.
There are no taxis waiting at the airport, and no Grab or Uber anywhere in Palau. Your PAL or United flight lands at 1:30–2:00 AM — arrange a hotel pickup or pre-booked transfer before you leave Manila. Showing up expecting to hail a ride the way you would in Bangkok, Manila, or Singapore will leave you stranded at Roman Tmetuchl Airport in the middle of the night.
Airlines flying MNL → Palau
Only 2 direct flights a week — no budget carrier flies this route
Palau travel guide for Filipinos
Everything you need to know before you fly — written from a Filipino perspective · See the full Palau guide →
Palau trip budget for Filipinos
Typical costs in USD — Palau uses the US Dollar directly, 1 USD ≈ ₱61.60 as of mid-2026
6 tips for flying MNL→Palau
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Frequently asked questions — MNL to Palau flights
Content reviewed 2026-07-30 · Prices update automatically every day
No. Philippine passport holders can visit Palau visa-free for up to 30 days. You do not need to apply for a visa before travelling. Bring a passport valid at least 6 months beyond your stay, a return ticket, and evidence you can support yourself financially. You must also submit the online Palau Entry Form within 72 hours of arrival (you'll get a QR code by email) and sign the Palau Pledge, an environmental promise stamped into your passport at immigration.
Direct flights from Manila (MNL) to Koror, Palau (ROR) take approximately 3 hours. Philippine Airlines flies this nonstop route twice a week (Wednesday and Sunday), and United Airlines also operates a nonstop MNL-ROR service as part of its wider Guam network. This is a brand-new route — PAL only began flying it on March 29, 2026 — so unlike Manila-Bangkok or Manila-Tokyo, there is no daily schedule to fall back on.
June through September are consistently the cheapest months — Palau's rainy season keeps dive-tourist demand from China, Korea, Taiwan, and Japan lower, and fares can fall to ₱22,000–₱30,000 roundtrip. The most expensive months are December through April, Palau's dry season and peak diving season, which also overlaps with Christmas and Philippine Holy Week. Because PAL only flies twice a week, book 8–12 weeks ahead for dry-season travel rather than waiting for a seat sale.
Philippine Airlines and United Airlines are the only two carriers flying this route, and both are full-service — there is no Cebu Pacific or AirAsia Philippines option, so there's no budget-carrier price war the way there is on Manila-Bangkok or Manila-Singapore. PAL's introductory fares launched from $499 roundtrip; regular fares now typically run ₱32,000–₱45,000 depending on season.
Not in the way Filipinos are used to on Cebu Pacific routes. This is a full-service, twice-weekly route with no budget carrier, so there's no ₱1 base fare culture here yet. PAL does run periodic promotional fares, and piso-fare.com is building this route's price history from scratch since the service only launched in March 2026 — subscribe below to catch the earliest genuine deals as they appear.
Yes — it's mandatory for every visitor, regardless of nationality. The Palau Pledge is an environmental promise stamped directly into your passport at immigration, committing you not to touch coral, collect marine life, or feed fish and sharks during your stay. It's genuinely enforced, not a formality, and it's paired with the $100 Pristine Paradise Environmental Fee already bundled into your airfare.
Yes. All prices are sourced from Travelpayouts based on real flight searches and refreshed regularly. Because this route only flies twice a week and launched recently, price history is thinner than on established routes — always click through to confirm the current fare on the booking page before paying. piso-fare.com earns a small commission when you book through our links, which never affects the price you pay.
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