Day Trips from Manchester Abroad: Pick Your Mood, Every Flight Under £100
The cheapest day trip abroad from Manchester we checked is Dublin on Friday 20 November 2026: £41 return, about £87 all in, 8.2 hours in the city. Copenhagen is £62, Barcelona £73, Faro £78 and Amsterdam £90. All fares checked on Google Flights on 4 October 2026.
Same airport, same silly-early alarm, five very different days. Pick the one that matches your mood.
Every flight here was the cheapest same-day return on Google Flights when we checked on 4 October. Hours are time actually in the city, after the airport and getting into town.
Skint? Dublin
£41 return with Ryanair on Friday 20 November. An hour each way, 8.2 hours in the city, about £87 for the whole day. You'll be in town before the shops open. The full Dublin day.
Feeling fancy? Copenhagen
£62 flight on Tuesday 17 November, 7.6 hours. Then Copenhagen does its thing to your bank balance. Dinner alone is £48 on our data. Nyhavn, the Little Mermaid and Christiania cost nothing, so look more, eat less. About £140 all in.
Hungry? Barcelona
£73 with easyJet on Friday 13 November, 8.5 hours. Lunch and dinner come to £31 on our data and the Gothic Quarter's free to get lost in. About £118 all in.
Need some sun? Faro
£78 with Jet2 on Tuesday 20 October, 6.6 hours. The cheapest day on the ground we've got, £25. It's the only Manchester date that works right now, so it's this or nothing. Is it too far? Myth v reality.
Want the longest day? Amsterdam
£90 with easyJet on Tuesday 17 November and 9.4 hours in the city, the longest day here. About £141 all in. Saturdays were over £200 this week. The Amsterdam day, as a receipt.
Which is the best one-day trip from Manchester?
Depends on the mood, that's the whole point. If you made me pick one: Dublin for the money, Amsterdam for the day.
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Photo credits. Top: Bob Harvey, CC BY-SA 2.0. Dublin: Chris Morgan, CC BY-SA 2.0. Copenhagen: Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0. Barcelona: Matti Blume, CC BY-SA 4.0. Faro: Kritzolina, CC BY-SA 4.0. Amsterdam: MarcusObal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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