Route brief · HKG → CAN
Hong Kong → Guangzhou
$250
−6% vs typical
seasonal median $265 · difference $15
Oct 22 – Oct 28 · 6 nights
Cathay PacificNonstop
- Usual monthly lows
- $261–$265
- Board rank
- Stronger than 8%
- Route sample
- 4 observed months
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
Destination briefCANGuangzhouCantonese cooking at its source, and China Southern’s hub — often the cheapest way into the country.Best windowOct–DecAirportsBaiyun (CAN)All routes into GuangzhouWhen this route gets cheap.
Cached-fare history: across 4 months, Oct is the cheapest for HKG → CAN. Best time to be there: Oct–Dec.
Fares on this route stay within about $16 across the 4 months we track — season matters less here than timing the drop. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies Cathay Pacific nonstop and takes about 1 hours outbound, on a 6-night trip.
The 7 days we hold a cached fare for
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The median cached fare across this calendar is unchanged since tracking began on Aug 8 — $267 then versus $266 now, across 7 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 $244, on Aug 25.
- Mon, Sep 7$266
- Thu, Oct 1$267
- Tue, Oct 20$262
- Thu, Oct 22$267
- Sun, Oct 25$266
- Mon, Oct 26$252
- Sun, Nov 22$266
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 Oct · around $250
6% below the $265 typical fare
Cheapest round-trip fare found per month · Hong Kong → Guangzhou · cached-price history
Route facts
- Airports
- Hong Kong (HKG) ↔ Baiyun (CAN)
- Flight time
- ~1 hours outbound
- Distance
- ~129 km each way
- Typical price
- $265 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Cathay Pacific
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Oct–Dec
HKG → CAN, answered.
Is $250 a good price for Hong Kong to Guangzhou?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $265 round-trip and this fare is 6% under it, about $15. 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 Hong Kong to Guangzhou?
Across 4 months of cached-fare history, Oct comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Guangzhou are Oct–Dec — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book HKG → Guangzhou?
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 4 months of cached fares, Oct comes out lowest on this route. See /guides/what-moves-a-flight-price/ for what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Hong Kong to Guangzhou?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (Cathay Pacific). The outbound leg runs around 1 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.
Next step
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