ExceptionalNonstop · 3h
AMS to AGPSpain
Málaga
$81
usually $185
−56%
Most monthly lows $118–$237. Cheaper than every other month on record (9).
Flights · AMS → SHA
Amsterdam to Shanghai
Best fare, round trip
$544
−22%
below its usual $700
you keep $156
GoodFound
- Depart
- Sun 6 Dec
- Return
- Sun 27 Dec
- Stay
- 21 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 12h
- Airline
China Southern
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $643 and $797. The drop beats 61% of measured fares on the board, over 11 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 December around $544 and peak in August near $894, 64% dearer, across the 11 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 12 hours outbound, on a 21-night trip — ticketed under China Southern, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $544 for 8,874 km each way, that works out to about $31 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $44 per 1,000 km typical of long-haul fares here. Across the 23 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Shanghai, this fare ranks 5th — 23% above the $444 from Istanbul. It is also the cheapest of the 38 routes of similar length we watch out of Amsterdam. The best time to be in Shanghai: Mar–May · Sep–Nov.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 6 Dec, $544
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 9% lower than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $792 then versus $722 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 $521, on 24 Sep.
October 2026
13141516Saturday 17 October: $962, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 18 October: $778, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.19202122Friday 23 October: $770, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2425Monday 26 October: $1.1k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.27Wednesday 28 October: $606, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 29 October: $607, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 30 October: $774, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 31 October: $700, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
November 2026
12Tuesday 3 November: $582, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.4Thursday 5 November: $607, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 6 November: $759, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 7 November: $687, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 8 November: $707, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.9Tuesday 10 November: $556, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1112Friday 13 November: $614, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1415161718192021222324252627282930
December 2026
Tuesday 1 December: $637, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.234Saturday 5 December: $576, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 6 December: $544, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.78Wednesday 9 December: $565, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.101112Sunday 13 December: $736, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 14 December: $932, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1516171819Sunday 20 December: $1.1k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2122Wednesday 23 December: $1k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.24Friday 25 December: $874, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.262728Tuesday 29 December: $956, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.3031
January 2027
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 13 Oct 2026 · bands from 129 tracked fares
Cheapest in Dec, around $544
22% below the $700 typical fare
$606Oct, below the usual price. Compare October fares.$548Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$544Dec, the cheapest month. Compare December fares.$692Jan ’27, around the usual price. Compare January fares.$699Feb, around the usual price. Compare February fares.$797Mar, above the usual price. Compare March fares.$725Apr, around the usual price. Compare April fares.$643May, below the usual price. Compare May fares.$812Jul, above the usual price. Compare July fares.$894Aug, above the usual price. Compare August fares.$726Sep, around the usual price. Compare September fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Amsterdam to Shanghai, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Schiphol (AMS) ↔ Pudong (PVG) · Hongqiao (SHA)
- Flight time
- ≈12 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈8,874 km each way
- Typical price
- $700 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- China Southern
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Mar–May · Sep–Nov
Good to know
AMS → SHA, answered.
Is $544 a good price for Amsterdam to Shanghai?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $700 round-trip. At $544 you're 22% below that, which we rate good for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Amsterdam to Shanghai?
Across 11 months of cached-fare history, Dec 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 AMS → 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 11 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 Amsterdam to Shanghai?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under China Southern. 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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