Rare1 stop · 7.5h
AUH to PRGCzechia
Prague
$257
usually $550
−53%
Most monthly lows $269–$564. Cheaper than every other month on record (5).
Flights · AUH → CAN
Abu Dhabi to Guangzhou
Best fare, round trip
$489
−30%
below its usual $700
you keep $211
GreatFound
- Depart
- Wed 16 Dec
- Return
- Sat 26 Dec
- Stay
- 10 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 9h
- Airline
Gulf Air
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $513 and $728. The drop beats 78% of measured fares on the board, over 6 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
ChinaGuangzhouCantonese cooking at its source, and China Southern’s hub — often the cheapest way into the country.Best windowOct–DecAirportsBaiyun (CAN)Every route into GuangzhouFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in December around $486 and peak in May near $808, 66% dearer, across the 6 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 9 hours outbound, on a 10-night trip — ticketed under Gulf Air, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $489 for 5,946 km each way, that works out to about $41 per 1,000 km flown. That is about the $43 per 1,000 km typical of medium-haul fares here. For context, the middle fare among the 35 routes of similar length we watch out of Abu Dhabi is $473. The best time to be in Guangzhou: Oct–Dec.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 21 Dec, $486
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 9% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $696 then versus $759 now, across 18 recorded snapshots. This is a calendar-level trend, so an individual deal above can be lower. The lowest single day we have seen here is $462, on 26 Nov.
October 2026
13141516Saturday 17 October: $837, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 18 October: $776, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 19 October: $728, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 20 October: $757, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.21Thursday 22 October: $757, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 23 October: $696, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.242526Tuesday 27 October: $734, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 28 October: $728, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 29 October: $769, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 30 October: $768, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.31
November 2026
1Monday 2 November: $766, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 3 November: $788, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 4 November: $764, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.5678910111213141516171819Friday 20 November: $711, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 21 November: $811, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.22Monday 23 November: $710, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.24Wednesday 25 November: $489, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2627282930
December 2026
Tuesday 1 December: $761, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2345678Wednesday 9 December: $637, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.10Friday 11 December: $502, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.12131415Wednesday 16 December: $489, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 17 December: $710, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.181920Monday 21 December: $486, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.22232425Saturday 26 December: $772, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.27282930Thursday 31 December: $767, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
January 2027
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 13 Oct 2026 · bands from 95 tracked fares
Cheapest in Dec, around $486
31% below the $700 typical fare
$696Oct, around the usual price. Compare October fares.$489Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$486Dec, the cheapest month. Compare December fares.$513Jan ’27, below the usual price. Compare January fares.$701Mar, around the usual price. Compare March fares.$808May, above the usual price. Compare May fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Abu Dhabi to Guangzhou, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Zayed International (AUH) ↔ Baiyun (CAN)
- Flight time
- ≈9 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈5,946 km each way
- Typical price
- $700 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Gulf Air
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Oct–Dec
Good to know
AUH → CAN, answered.
Is $489 a good price for Abu Dhabi to Guangzhou?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $700 round-trip. At $489 you're 30% below that, which we rate great for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Abu Dhabi to Guangzhou?
Across 6 months of cached-fare history, Dec comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Guangzhou are Oct–Dec — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book AUH → Guangzhou?
We do not publish a number for this, because we cannot measure it yet. Answering it honestly means watching the same departure date on this route over many weeks as it approaches, and that archive is still filling up — so any "book N days ahead" figure here would be borrowed from somewhere else rather than measured. What we can measure is which month is cheap: across 6 months of cached fares, Dec comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Abu Dhabi to Guangzhou?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Gulf Air. We hold no nonstop fare on this route right now, which does not mean none flies — search your exact dates to see what does.
Are these prices guaranteed?
No — these are cached fares found on real searches (this one on 17 October). Airlines reprice constantly, so the booking search re-checks the live price before you pay. Fresher finds are far more likely to still be available.
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