ExceptionalNonstop · 1.5h
BER to BUDHungary
Budapest
$49
usually $130
−62%
Most monthly lows $52–$132. Cheaper than every other month on record (5).
Flights · BER → SHA
Berlin to Shanghai
Best fare, round trip
$646
−17%
below its usual $780
you keep $134
Found
- Depart
- Mon 30 Nov
- Return
- Sun 6 Dec
- Stay
- 6 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 11h
- Airline
Finnair
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $738 and $783. The drop beats 47% of measured fares on the board, over 8 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 November around $646 and peak in July near $802, 24% dearer, across the 8 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 11 hours outbound, on a 6-night trip — ticketed under Finnair, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $646 for 8,397 km each way, that works out to about $38 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $44 per 1,000 km typical of long-haul fares here. Across the 24 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Shanghai, this fare ranks 18th — 45% above the $444 from Istanbul. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 37 routes of similar length we watch out of Berlin, where the middle fare is $722. The best time to be in Shanghai: Mar–May · Sep–Nov.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 30 Nov, $646
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 6% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $814 then versus $863 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 $620, on 3 Nov.
October 2026
13141516Saturday 17 October: $1.2k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 18 October: $1.1k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.192021Thursday 22 October: $940, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2324Sunday 25 October: $784, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2627282930Saturday 31 October: $791, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
November 2026
Sunday 1 November: $815, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2345678910Wednesday 11 November: $825, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.12131415161718192021222324252627Saturday 28 November: $726, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.29Monday 30 November: $646, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.
December 2026
123456789Thursday 10 December: $775, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.111213Monday 14 December: $780, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 15 December: $821, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 16 December: $863, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 17 December: $978, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1819Sunday 20 December: $974, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.21Tuesday 22 December: $967, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 23 December: $937, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 24 December: $1k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 25 December: $855, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.26Sunday 27 December: $980, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 28 December: $939, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.29Wednesday 30 December: $916, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.31
January 2027
12345678910111213Thursday 14 January: $685, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.15161718Tuesday 19 January: $676, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.202122232425262728293031
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 13 Oct 2026 · bands from 106 tracked fares
Cheapest in Nov, around $646
17% below the $780 typical fare
$783Oct, around the usual price. Compare October fares.$646Nov, the cheapest month. Compare November fares.$738Dec, below the usual price. Compare December fares.$676Jan ’27, below the usual price. Compare January fares.$780Feb, around the usual price. Compare February fares.$783Mar, around the usual price. Compare March fares.$769Apr, around the usual price. Compare April fares.$802Jul, around the usual price. Compare July fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Berlin to Shanghai, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Brandenburg (BER) ↔ Pudong (PVG) · Hongqiao (SHA)
- Flight time
- ≈11 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈8,397 km each way
- Typical price
- $780 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Finnair
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Mar–May · Sep–Nov
Good to know
BER → SHA, answered.
Is $646 a good price for Berlin to Shanghai?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $780 round-trip and this fare is 17% 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 Berlin to Shanghai?
Across 8 months of cached-fare history, Nov 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 BER → 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 8 months of cached fares, Nov comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Berlin to Shanghai?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Finnair. 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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