Great1 stop · 5h
HKG to PEKChina
Beijing
$175
usually $265
−34%
Most monthly lows $205–$458. Cheaper than every other month on record (8).
Flights · HKG → SHA
Hong Kong to Shanghai
Best fare, round trip
$158
−19%
below its usual $195
you keep $37
Found
- Depart
- Thu 12 Nov
- Return
- Thu 19 Nov
- Stay
- 7 nights
- Flight
- Nonstop · 2.5h
- Airline
Spring Airlines
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $166 and $213. The drop beats 52% of measured fares on the board, over 7 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 $145 and peak in April near $319, 120% dearer, across the 7 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies Spring Airlines nonstop and takes about 2.5 hours outbound, on a 7-night trip. At $158 for 1,227 km each way, that works out to about $64 per 1,000 km flown. That is above the $41 per 1,000 km typical of short-haul fares here. The best time to be in Shanghai: Mar–May · Sep–Nov.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 1 Dec, $145
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 4% lower than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $202 then versus $194 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 $126, on 12 Nov.
October 2026
151617Sunday 18 October: $203, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.19Tuesday 20 October: $207, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 21 October: $241, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 22 October: $234, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.23Saturday 24 October: $156, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.25Monday 26 October: $163, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 27 October: $148, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 28 October: $148, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 29 October: $209, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.3031
November 2026
1234Thursday 5 November: $161, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.67891011Thursday 12 November: $158, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1314Sunday 15 November: $219, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.16Tuesday 17 November: $189, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 18 November: $178, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1920Saturday 21 November: $185, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 22 November: $202, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.232425262728Sunday 29 November: $193, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.30
December 2026
Tuesday 1 December: $145, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.2345678910111213Monday 14 December: $187, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1516171819202122232425Saturday 26 December: $197, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.27Monday 28 December: $217, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2930Thursday 31 December: $195, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
January 2027
12Sunday 3 January: $274, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.456Thursday 7 January: $226, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.8910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026 · bands from 138 tracked fares
Cheapest in Dec, around $145
26% below the $195 typical fare
$148Oct, below the usual price. Compare October fares.$158Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$145Dec, the cheapest month. Compare December fares.$213Jan ’27, above the usual price. Compare January fares.$197Feb, around the usual price. Compare February fares.$194Mar, around the usual price. Compare March fares.$319Apr, above the usual price. Compare April fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Hong Kong to Shanghai, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Hong Kong (HKG) ↔ Pudong (PVG) · Hongqiao (SHA)
- Flight time
- ≈2.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈1,227 km each way
- Typical price
- $195 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Spring Airlines
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Mar–May · Sep–Nov
Good to know
HKG → SHA, answered.
Is $158 a good price for Hong Kong to Shanghai?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $195 round-trip and this fare is 19% 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 Hong Kong to Shanghai?
Across 7 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 HKG → 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, Dec comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Hong Kong to Shanghai?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (Spring Airlines). The outbound leg runs around 2.5 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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