Route brief · DUB → SHA
Dublin → Shanghai
$651
−22% vs typical
seasonal median $840 · difference $189
Nov 2 – Nov 15 · 13 nights
China EasternNonstop
- Usual monthly lows
- $696–$978
- Board rank
- Stronger than 61%
- Route sample
- 7 observed months
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
Destination briefSHAShanghaiThe 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)All routes into ShanghaiWhen this route gets cheap.
Cached-fare history: across 7 months, Nov is the cheapest for DUB → SHA. Best time to be there: Mar–May · Sep–Nov.
Fares bottom out in November around $651 and peak in April near $1,002 — a $351 spread across the 7 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies China Eastern nonstop and takes about 12.5 hours outbound, on a 13-night trip. At $651 for 9,346 km each way, that works out to about $35 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $44 typical of long-haul fares here. Across the 25 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Shanghai, this fare ranks 18th — 35% above the $482 from Istanbul. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 35 routes of similar length we watch out of Dublin, where the middle fare is $838.
The 3 days we hold a cached fare for
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 18% lower than when tracking began on Aug 8 — $912 then versus $748 now, across 5 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 $706, on Sep 13.
These are the only days we have a cached price for on this route so far — not the only days it flies. The search above covers any date.
Cheapest in Nov · around $651
22% below the $840 typical fare
Cheapest round-trip fare found per month · Dublin → Shanghai · cached-price history
Route facts
- Airports
- Dublin (DUB) ↔ Pudong (PVG) · Hongqiao (SHA)
- Flight time
- ~12.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ~9,346 km each way
- Typical price
- $840 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- China Eastern
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Mar–May · Sep–Nov
DUB → SHA, answered.
Is $651 a good price for Dublin to Shanghai?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $840 round-trip. At $651 you're 22% below that, saving about $189, which we rate good for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Dublin to Shanghai?
Across 7 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 DUB → 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 7 months of cached fares, Nov comes out lowest on this route. See /guides/what-moves-a-flight-price/ for what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Dublin to Shanghai?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (China Eastern). The outbound leg runs around 12.5 hours.
Are these prices guaranteed?
No — these are cached fares found on real searches (this one on September 1). 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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