Cheap flights from London Heathrow Airport to Rome from £56

The month of February is, on average, the cheapest month to fly to Rome from London Heathrow Airport, with most prices found around £42. The month of January is another great option to travel to Rome, with average flight prices from London Heathrow Airport averaging around £46.

The cheapest day to depart on your flight to Rome is on a Tuesday when prices can be found for as low as £150. This is often the case because there is less demand to fly during this day of the week. If your travel schedule is flexible, try to avoid departing on a Friday because tickets tend to average around £170. These prices are subject to change though, so be sure to set up a Price Alert for flights to Rome.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Rome is at midday when flights can be purchased for as low as £128. Flights to Rome are more costly in the afternoon, with an average ticket price of £213. Departure times in the afternoon fall within the peak daily travel times, which is why tickets can be more expensive.

Fly from London Heathrow to Rome Fiumicino for the best London Heathrow - Rome flight prices

You are more likely to see cheaper flights to Rome from London Heathrow Airport when booking weeks ahead of your departure date. In general, you can expect to find flights to Rome for around £210 when searching weeks before you fly. However, flight prices might be lower outside of this timeframe. For example, people recently found flights to Rome from London Heathrow Airport for as low as £164 on momondo.

You could potentially save up to 2% on your flight if you consider stops on a London Heathrow Airport to Rome flight.

As of April 2026, prices for London Heathrow Airport to Rome flights are approximately 172% more expensive when compared to flights at the same time last year.

Vueling, British Airways, and KLM are the most popular carriers operating from London Heathrow to Rome

British Airways, ITA Airways and Lufthansa are the top three most popular airlines that fly to Rome from London Heathrow Airport according to our data. British Airways is the first choice among our users, with 81% of people opting to fly with this airline when travelling to Rome. Keep in mind that there are 6 different airlines that fly to Rome on a routine basis, so you have a few additional options to choose from.

Historically, on average around 12% of flights between London and Rome have experienced a delay on any given week. The average delay length over the past 12 months has been 117 minutes.

Generally, flights departing in the morning tend to experience fewer delays. Flights departing in the early afternoon have, in the past, seen delays more frequently in comparison.

Tuesday is statistically the day of the week that experiences the fewest delays on this flight route. Sunday has historically seen more delays on average compared to the rest of the week.

According to our data, British Airways have had the fewest delays on this route over the last 12 months, with about 12% of their flights experiencing any sort of delay.

Zurich (ZRH) was the most common stop: 21% of momondo users choosing one-stop flights on this route connected there.

Flights via Paris (ORY) offer the lowest average return price of £148.

Flights connecting via Munich (MUC) have the shortest average one-way travel time: 4h 10m.

Amsterdam (AMS) has the shortest average stopover time for this route: 0h 58m.

The number of flights available between London Heathrow Airport and Rome is 16 per day as of April 2026. The most frequent departure time is 10:00, with 51% of daily flights leaving at midday.

As of April 2026, 112 flights take off from London Heathrow Airport and land in Rome each week. The most common flight departure day for this route is Wed, with 30% of weekly flights taking off on this day.