ExceptionalNonstop · 2.5h
BRU to STOSweden
Stockholm
$41
usually $135
−70%
Most monthly lows $125–$136. Cheaper than every other month on record (3).
Flights · BRU → SHA
Brussels to Shanghai
Best fare, round trip
$588
−12%
below its usual $670
you keep $82
Found
- Depart
- Tue 8 Dec
- Return
- Wed 16 Dec
- Stay
- 8 nights
- Flight
- Nonstop · 11h
- Airline
Hainan Airlines
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $597 and $929. The drop beats 29% 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 December around $588 and peak in July near $944, 61% dearer, across the 6 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies Hainan Airlines nonstop and takes about 11 hours outbound, on a 8-night trip. At $588 for 9,010 km each way, that works out to about $33 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 10th — 32% above the $444 from Istanbul. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 35 routes of similar length we watch out of Brussels, where the middle fare is $719. The best time to be in Shanghai: Mar–May · Sep–Nov.
Day-level prices for the next 4 months
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 20% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $640 then versus $771 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 $588, on 8 Dec.
Cached day-level data for this route is sparse — 10 of 109 days priced, from 64 tracked fares. The days below are shown as found, with no cheapest-day or below-median call.
October 2026
November 2026
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Cached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Dec, around $588
12% below the $670 typical fare
$669Oct, around the usual price. Compare October fares.$597Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$588Dec, the cheapest month. Compare December fares.$632Mar ’27, below the usual price. Compare March fares.$929Apr, above the usual price. Compare April fares.$944Jul, above the usual price. Compare July fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Brussels to Shanghai, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Zaventem (BRU) · Charleroi (CRL) ↔ Pudong (PVG) · Hongqiao (SHA)
- Flight time
- ≈11 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈9,010 km each way
- Typical price
- $670 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Hainan Airlines
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Mar–May · Sep–Nov
Good to know
BRU → SHA, answered.
Is $588 a good price for Brussels to Shanghai?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $670 round-trip and this fare is 12% 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 Brussels to Shanghai?
Across 6 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 BRU → 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, Dec comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Brussels to Shanghai?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (Hainan Airlines). The outbound leg runs around 11 hours.
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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