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Recovery times and difficulty ratings for 200 destinations from Istanbul Airport, Turkey
| Destination | Shift | Direction | Recovery | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BSZ Bartletts | -12h | West | ~12 days | 5 |
| LAX Los Angeles | -11h | West | ~10 days | 4 |
| SEA Seattle | -11h | West | ~10 days | 5 |
| YVR Vancouver | -11h | West | ~10 days | 5 |
| SFO San Francisco | -11h | West | ~10 days | 4 |
| DEN Denver | -10h | West | ~10 days | 4 |
| Destination | Shift | Direction | Recovery | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IAH Houston | -9h | West | ~7 days | 4 |
| DFW Dallas | -9h | West | ~7 days | 4 |
| ORD Chicago | -9h | West | ~7 days | 5 |
| MEX Mexico City | -9h | West | ~7 days | 5 |
| EWR Newark | -8h | West | ~7 days | 5 |
| MIA Miami | -8h | West | ~7 days | 4 |
| BOS Boston | -8h | West | ~7 days | 5 |
| YYZ Toronto | -8h | West | ~7 days | 4 |
| HAV Havana | -8h | West | ~7 days | 4 |
| DTW Detroit | -8h | West | ~7 days | 4 |
| IAD Washington | -8h | West | ~7 days | 3 |
| YUL Montreal | -8h | West | ~7 days | 5 |
| JFK New York | -8h | West | ~7 days | 4 |
| ATL Atlanta | -8h | West | ~7 days | 4 |
| PTY Panama City | -8h | West | ~7 days | 5 |
| BOG Bogota | -8h | West | ~7 days | 3 |
| CCS Caracas | -7h | West | ~6 days | 4 |
| Destination | Shift | Direction | Recovery | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KIX Osaka | +6h | East | ~6 days | 5 |
| ICN Seoul | +6h | East | ~6 days | 4 |
| HND Tokyo | +6h | East | ~6 days | 4 |
| NRT Tokyo | +6h | East | ~6 days | 3 |
| GRU Sao Paulo | -6h | West | ~4 days | 5 |
| PKX Beijing | +5h | East | ~5 days | 4 |
| UBN New Ulaanbaator | +5h | East | ~8 days | 3 |
| DPS Denpasar | +5h | East | ~5 days | 5 |
| SIN Singapore | +5h | East | ~5 days | 4 |
| CAN Guangzhou | +5h | East | ~5 days | 5 |
| MNL Manila | +5h | East | ~5 days | 5 |
| KUL Kuala Lumpur | +5h | East | ~5 days | 4 |
| TPE Taipei | +5h | East | ~5 days | 4 |
| PVG Shanghai | +5h | East | ~5 days | 5 |
| URC Urumqi | +5h | East | ~5 days | 3 |
| XIY Xi'an | +5h | East | ~8 days | 3 |
| TFU Chengdu Tianfu | +5h | East | ~5 days | 4 |
| HKG Hong Kong | +5h | East | ~5 days | 4 |
| PEK Beijing | +5h | East | ~5 days | 5 |
| HAN Hanoi | +4h | East | ~4 days | 5 |
| BKK Bangkok | +4h | East | ~4 days | 4 |
| OVB Novosibirsk | +4h | East | ~6 days | 3 |
| SGN Ho Chi Minh City | +4h | East | ~4 days | 4 |
| HKT Phuket | +4h | East | ~4 days | 5 |
| CGK Jakarta | +4h | East | ~4 days | 5 |
| Destination | Shift | Direction | Recovery | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIT Shimkent | +3h | East | ~3 days | 3 |
| BHX Birmingham | -3h | West | ~3 days | 2 |
| RAK Marrakech | -3h | West | ~3 days | 3 |
| MAN Manchester | -3h | West | ~3 days | 3 |
| ALA Almaty | +3h | East | ~3 days | 4 |
| LIS Lisbon | -3h | West | ~3 days | 2 |
| OPO Porto | -3h | West | ~3 days | 2 |
| LHR London | -3h | West | ~3 days | 3 |
| LGW London | -3h | West | ~3 days | 3 |
| STN London | -3h | West | ~3 days | 2 |
| RBA Rabat | -3h | West | ~3 days | 5 |
| LTN London | -3h | West | ~3 days | 2 |
| EDI Edinburgh | -3h | West | ~3 days | 2 |
| DUB Dublin | -3h | West | ~3 days | 2 |
| CMN Casablanca | -3h | West | ~3 days | 4 |
| BRS Bristol | -3h | West | ~3 days | 5 |
| DAC Dhaka | +3h | East | ~3 days | 4 |
| NKC Nouakchott | -3h | West | ~3 days | 3 |
| DSS Blaise Diagne | -3h | West | ~3 days | 2 |
| KEF Reykjavik | -3h | West | ~3 days | 2 |
| OUA Ouagadougou | -3h | West | ~3 days | 5 |
| ACC Accra | -3h | West | ~3 days | 4 |
| ABJ Abidjan | -3h | West | ~3 days | 5 |
| BJL Banjul | -3h | West | ~3 days | 3 |
| BKO Bamako | -3h | West | ~3 days | 5 |
| ORY Paris | -2h | West | ~2 days | 4 |
| FCO Rome | -2h | West | ~2 days | 3 |
| GOT Gothenburg | -2h | West | ~2 days | 2 |
| PMO Palermo | -2h | West | ~2 days | 2 |
| NTE Nantes | -2h | West | ~2 days | 3 |
| HAM Hamburg | -2h | West | ~2 days | 2 |
| VIE Vienna | -2h | West | ~2 days | 3 |
| LUX Luxembourg | -2h | West | ~2 days | 2 |
| MRS Marseille | -2h | West | ~2 days | 2 |
| SPU Split | -2h | West | ~2 days | 2 |
| CPH Copenhagen | -2h | West | ~2 days | 2 |
| PRG Prague | -2h | West | ~2 days | 2 |
| SVQ Sevilla | -2h | West | ~2 days | 2 |
| AMS Amsterdam | -2h | West | ~2 days | 3 |
| MXP Milan | -2h | West | ~2 days | 3 |
| STR Stuttgart | -2h | West | ~2 days | 3 |
| ARN Stockholm | -2h | West | ~2 days | 2 |
| BCN Barcelona | -2h | West | ~2 days | 3 |
| BER Berlin | -2h | West | ~2 days | 2 |
| BEG Belgrade | -2h | West | ~2 days | 3 |
| BRI Bari | -2h | West | ~2 days | 3 |
| BIO Bilbao | -2h | West | ~2 days | 2 |
| BOD Bordeaux | -2h | West | ~2 days | 2 |
| BUD Budapest | -2h | West | ~2 days | 2 |
| BLL Billund | -2h | West | ~2 days | 3 |
| BRE Bremen | -2h | West | ~2 days | 2 |
| CGN Cologne | -2h | West | ~2 days | 3 |
| BRU Brussels | -2h | West | ~2 days | 3 |
| CDG Paris | -2h | West | ~2 days | 3 |
| BSL Mulhouse | -2h | West | ~2 days | 3 |
| BLQ Bologna | -2h | West | ~2 days | 2 |
| CTA Catania | -2h | West | ~2 days | 1 |
| DBV Dubrovnik | -2h | West | ~2 days | 2 |
| FRA Frankfurt | -2h | West | ~2 days | 3 |
| TRN Turin | -2h | West | ~2 days | 2 |
| INI Nis | -2h | West | ~2 days | 3 |
| LEJ Leipzig-Halle | -2h | West | ~2 days | 2 |
| TIV Tivat | -2h | West | ~2 days | 2 |
| HAJ Hanover | -2h | West | ~2 days | 2 |
| OHD Ohrid | -2h | West | ~2 days | 2 |
| GDN Gdansk | -2h | West | ~2 days | 1 |
| MPL Montpellier | -2h | West | ~2 days | 3 |
| GVA Geneva | -2h | West | ~2 days | 2 |
| DUS Dusseldorf | -2h | West | ~2 days | 2 |
| ZRH Zurich | -2h | West | ~2 days | 3 |
| WAW Warsaw | -2h | West | ~2 days | 2 |
| VCE Venice | -2h | West | ~2 days | 2 |
| PRN Pristina | -2h | West | ~2 days | 2 |
| MUC Munich | -2h | West | ~2 days | 2 |
| MAD Madrid | -2h | West | ~2 days | 3 |
| TGD Podgorica | -2h | West | ~2 days | 2 |
| TIA Tirana | -2h | West | ~2 days | 2 |
| SKP Skopje | -2h | West | ~2 days | 2 |
| LYS Lyon | -2h | West | ~2 days | 2 |
| NCE Nice | -2h | West | ~2 days | 2 |
| NAP Napoli | -2h | West | ~2 days | 2 |
| OSL Oslo | -2h | West | ~2 days | 3 |
| ZAG Zagreb | -2h | West | ~2 days | 2 |
| NUE N?rnberg | -2h | West | ~2 days | 2 |
| AGP Malaga | -2h | West | ~2 days | 2 |
| VLC Manises | -2h | West | ~2 days | 2 |
| SJJ Sarajevo | -2h | West | ~2 days | 3 |
| KRK Krakow | -2h | West | ~2 days | 3 |
| LJU Ljubljana | -2h | West | ~2 days | 2 |
| TLS Toulouse | -2h | West | ~2 days | 2 |
| SZG Salzburg | -2h | West | ~2 days | 1 |
| MLA Gudja | -2h | West | ~2 days | 3 |
| SVX Ekaterinburg | +2h | East | ~3 days | 2 |
| LOS Lagos | -2h | West | ~2 days | 4 |
| KHI Karachi | +2h | East | ~2 days | 4 |
| MLE Male | +2h | East | ~2 days | 3 |
| MZR Mazar-i-sharif | +2h | East | ~3 days | 2 |
| GUW Atyrau | +2h | East | ~2 days | 4 |
| FIH Kinshasa | -2h | West | ~2 days | 4 |
| TAS Tashkent | +2h | East | ~2 days | 4 |
| LBV Libreville | -2h | West | ~2 days | 3 |
| LHE Lahore | +2h | East | ~2 days | 2 |
| BHK Bukhara | +2h | East | ~2 days | 5 |
| SKD Samarkand | +2h | East | ~2 days | 4 |
| UGC Urgench | +2h | East | ~2 days | 3 |
| DYU Dushanbe | +2h | East | ~2 days | 4 |
| ISB Islamabad | +2h | East | ~2 days | 3 |
| NIM Niamey | -2h | West | ~2 days | 5 |
| UFA Ufa | +2h | East | ~3 days | 2 |
| TUN Tunis | -2h | West | ~2 days | 4 |
| ORN Oran | -2h | West | ~2 days | 3 |
| CZL Constantine | -2h | West | ~2 days | 3 |
| AAE Annaba | -2h | West | ~2 days | 5 |
| SCO Aktau | +2h | East | ~3 days | 2 |
| NMA Namangan | +2h | East | ~2 days | 4 |
| ALG Algiers | -2h | West | ~2 days | 3 |
| DLA Douala | -2h | West | ~2 days | 5 |
| HSA Hazret Sultan | +2h | East | ~3 days | 2 |
| NDJ N'Djamena | -2h | West | ~2 days | 5 |
| FEG Fergana | +2h | East | ~2 days | 4 |
| NQZ Nursultan Nazarbayev | +2h | East | ~3 days | 2 |
| AZN Andizhan | +2h | East | ~3 days | 2 |
| ASB Ashgabat | +2h | East | ~2 days | 3 |
| LAD Luanda | -2h | West | ~2 days | 3 |
| NSI Yaounde | -2h | West | ~2 days | 5 |
| COO Cotonou | -2h | West | ~2 days | 5 |
| ABV Abuja | -2h | West | ~2 days | 4 |
| CMB Colombo | +2h | East | ~3 days | 3 |
| DEL New Delhi | +2h | East | ~3 days | 4 |
| KTM Kathmandu | +2h | East | ~3 days | 4 |
| BOM Mumbai | +2h | East | ~3 days | 4 |
| ATH Athens | -1h | West | ~1 days | 2 |
| AQJ Aqaba | -1h | West | ~1 days | 5 |
| RIX Riga | -1h | West | ~1 days | 3 |
| JMK Mikonos | -1h | West | ~1 days | 1 |
| CLJ Cluj-Napoca | -1h | West | ~1 days | 2 |
| CRA Craiova | -1h | West | ~1 days | 1 |
| CND Constanta | -1h | West | ~1 days | 2 |
| JTR Santorini (Thira) | -1h | West | ~1 days | 1 |
| SSH Sharm el-Sheikh | -1h | West | ~1 days | 3 |
| SOF Sofia | -1h | West | ~1 days | 2 |
| CAI Cairo | -1h | West | ~1 days | 4 |
| DAM Damascus | -1h | West | ~1 days | 2 |
| IAS Iasi | -1h | West | ~1 days | 5 |
| SKG Thessaloniki | -1h | West | ~1 days | 2 |
| OTP Bucharest | -1h | West | ~1 days | 3 |
| RMO Chisinau | -1h | West | ~1 days | 3 |
| AMM Amman | -1h | West | ~1 days | 3 |
| HBE Alexandria | -1h | West | ~1 days | 2 |
| HER Heraklion | -1h | West | ~1 days | 1 |
| TSR Timisoara | -1h | West | ~1 days | 1 |
| TLL Tallinn | -1h | West | ~1 days | 2 |
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All flights from IstanbulJetlag from Istanbul (IST) varies by destination. The most challenging route is to Bartletts, requiring up to 12.0 days of recovery. Eastward travel from Istanbul tends to be harder because you lose hours, while westward routes are generally easier to adjust to.
Routes with the largest timezone shifts cause the worst jetlag. From IST, destinations in the 10+ hours shift category are the most challenging. The average recovery time across all IST destinations is 3.1 days.
Istanbul (IST) is located in Turkey. Check the timezone shift column above to see exact hour differences to each destination, which directly determines jetlag severity.
Recovery from jetlag when flying from Istanbul depends on direction. For eastward flights, seek morning light at your destination and avoid evening light. For westward flights, get evening light exposure and stay up later. Average recovery across IST routes is 3.1 days. Melatonin timing and strategic caffeine use can accelerate adaptation.