ExceptionalNonstop · 2.5h
FRA to ALCSpain
Alicante
$60
usually $235
−74%
Most monthly lows $146–$236. Cheaper than every other month on record (3).
Flights · FRA → SHA
Frankfurt to Shanghai
Best fare, round trip
$603
−4%
below its usual $625
you keep $22
Found
- Depart
- Sat 1 May
- Return
- Sat 8 May
- Stay
- 7 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 16h
- Airline
Air India
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $617 and $710. The drop beats 3% of measured fares on the board, over 9 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 May around $603 and peak in January near $850, 41% dearer, across the 9 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 16 hours outbound, on a 7-night trip — ticketed under Air India, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $603 for 8,830 km each way, that works out to about $34 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 13th — 36% above the $444 from Istanbul. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 36 routes of similar length we watch out of Frankfurt, where the middle fare is $680. The best time to be in Shanghai: Mar–May · Sep–Nov.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 4 Nov, $604
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 4% lower than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $814 then versus $785 now, across 20 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 $593, on 3 Dec.
October 2026
151617Sunday 18 October: $1k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1920Wednesday 21 October: $644, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.22Friday 23 October: $704, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 24 October: $895, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 25 October: $874, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 26 October: $904, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 27 October: $809, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.28Thursday 29 October: $655, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.3031
November 2026
Sunday 1 November: $635, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.23Wednesday 4 November: $604, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 5 November: $651, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.6789Tuesday 10 November: $692, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1112131415161718Thursday 19 November: $620, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.20Saturday 21 November: $739, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.222324252627282930
December 2026
123Friday 4 December: $623, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.5678910Friday 11 December: $791, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.12131415161718Saturday 19 December: $1k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.20Monday 21 December: $1k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.22Wednesday 23 December: $1k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2425262728Tuesday 29 December: $779, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.30Thursday 31 December: $816, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
January 2027
123Monday 4 January: $850, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.5678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026 · bands from 125 tracked fares
Cheapest in May, around $603
4% below the $625 typical fare
$617Oct, around the usual price. Compare October fares.$604Nov, around the usual price. Compare November fares.$623Dec, around the usual price. Compare December fares.$850Jan ’27, above the usual price. Compare January fares.$671Feb, above the usual price. Compare February fares.$625Mar, around the usual price. Compare March fares.$711Apr, above the usual price. Compare April fares.$603May, the cheapest month. Compare May fares.$710Oct, above the usual price. Compare October fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Frankfurt to Shanghai, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Frankfurt (FRA) · Hahn (HHN) ↔ Pudong (PVG) · Hongqiao (SHA)
- Flight time
- ≈16 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈8,830 km each way
- Typical price
- $625 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Air India
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Mar–May · Sep–Nov
Good to know
FRA → SHA, answered.
Is $603 a good price for Frankfurt to Shanghai?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $625 round-trip and this fare is 4% 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 Frankfurt to Shanghai?
Across 9 months of cached-fare history, May 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 FRA → 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 9 months of cached fares, May comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Frankfurt to Shanghai?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Air India. 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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