Route brief · KUL → CAN
Kuala Lumpur → Guangzhou
$147
−28% vs typical
seasonal median $205 · difference $58
Sep 23 – Oct 14 · 21 nights
AirAsiaNonstop
- Usual monthly lows
- $163–$227
- Board rank
- Stronger than 75%
- Route sample
- 7 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 7 months, Sep is the cheapest for KUL → CAN. Best time to be there: Oct–Dec.
Fares bottom out in September around $147 and peak in December near $304 — a $157 spread across the 7 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies AirAsia nonstop and takes about 4.5 hours outbound, on a 21-night trip. At $147 for 2,548 km each way, that works out to about $29 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $39 typical of medium-haul fares here. Of the 4 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Guangzhou, this is the cheapest right now — 25% under the next one, Seoul. It is also the 2nd cheapest of the 7 routes of similar length we watch out of Kuala Lumpur.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: Sep 23 · $147 (42% below median)
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 17% higher than when tracking began on Aug 8 — $229 then versus $267 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 $147, on Sep 23.
September 2026
Cheapest in Sep · around $147
28% below the $205 typical fare
Cheapest round-trip fare found per month · Kuala Lumpur → Guangzhou · cached-price history
Route facts
- Airports
- Kuala Lumpur (KUL) · Subang (SZB) ↔ Baiyun (CAN)
- Flight time
- ~4.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ~2,548 km each way
- Typical price
- $205 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- AirAsia
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Oct–Dec
KUL → CAN, answered.
Is $147 a good price for Kuala Lumpur to Guangzhou?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $205 round-trip. At $147 you're 28% below that, saving about $58, which we rate good for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Kuala Lumpur to Guangzhou?
Across 7 months of cached-fare history, Sep 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 KUL → 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 7 months of cached fares, Sep comes out lowest on this route. See /guides/what-moves-a-flight-price/ for what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Kuala Lumpur to Guangzhou?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (AirAsia). The outbound leg runs around 4.5 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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