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 → SHA
Abu Dhabi to Shanghai
Best fare, round trip
$490
−11%
below its usual $550
you keep $60
Found
- Depart
- Sat 20 Feb
- Return
- Fri 26 Feb
- Stay
- 6 nights
- Flight
- 2 stops · 11.5h
- Airline
Air India Express
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $531 and $563. The drop beats 25% of measured fares on the board, over 6 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
ChinaShanghaiThe Bund on one bank, a science-fiction skyline on the other — and a visa-free transit window worth checking.Best windowMar–May · Sep–NovAirportsPudong (PVG) · Hongqiao (SHA)Every route into ShanghaiFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in January around $463 and peak in March near $590, 27% dearer, across the 6 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes 2 stops and takes about 11.5 hours outbound, on a 6-night trip — ticketed under Air India Express, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $490 for 6,542 km each way, that works out to about $37 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $44 per 1,000 km typical of long-haul fares here. Across the 6 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Shanghai, this fare ranks 3rd — 10% above the $444 from Istanbul. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 33 routes of similar length we watch out of Abu Dhabi, where the middle fare is $526. The best time to be in Shanghai: Mar–May · Sep–Nov.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 15 Jan '27, $463
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 5% lower than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $655 then versus $619 now, across 17 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 $382, on 1 Oct.
October 2026
13141516Saturday 17 October: $596, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 18 October: $576, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 19 October: $602, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 20 October: $518, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 21 October: $600, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 22 October: $467, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 23 October: $639, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 24 October: $707, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.25Monday 26 October: $715, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 27 October: $783, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.28Thursday 29 October: $641, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.3031
November 2026
1Monday 2 November: $696, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 3 November: $678, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 4 November: $764, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 5 November: $661, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.678Monday 9 November: $775, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.10Wednesday 11 November: $615, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 12 November: $586, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.131415Monday 16 November: $623, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 17 November: $614, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.181920Saturday 21 November: $566, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2223242526Friday 27 November: $583, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.282930
December 2026
Tuesday 1 December: $625, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2345678910111213141516Thursday 17 December: $548, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.18Saturday 19 December: $637, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.202122232425262728Tuesday 29 December: $624, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.3031
January 2027
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 13 Oct 2026 · bands from 123 tracked fares
Cheapest in Jan, around $463
16% below the $550 typical fare
$467Oct, below the usual price. Compare October fares.$563Nov, around the usual price. Compare November fares.$548Dec, around the usual price. Compare December fares.$463Jan ’27, the cheapest month. Compare January fares.$490Feb, below the usual price. Compare February fares.$590Mar, above the usual price. Compare March fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Abu Dhabi to Shanghai, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Zayed International (AUH) ↔ Pudong (PVG) · Hongqiao (SHA)
- Flight time
- ≈11.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈6,542 km each way
- Typical price
- $550 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Air India Express
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Mar–May · Sep–Nov
Good to know
AUH → SHA, answered.
Is $490 a good price for Abu Dhabi to Shanghai?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $550 round-trip and this fare is 11% under it. We do not call a drop notable until 20%, so this is an ordinary price for the route rather than a reason to hurry.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Abu Dhabi to Shanghai?
Across 6 months of cached-fare history, Jan comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Shanghai are Mar–May · Sep–Nov — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book AUH → Shanghai?
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, Jan 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 Shanghai?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Air India Express. 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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