GoodNonstop · 4h
KUL to HKG
Hong Kong
$181
usually $255
−29%
Most monthly lows $189–$264. Cheaper than every other month on record (5).
Flights · KUL → SHA
Kuala Lumpur to Shanghai
Best fare, round trip
$218
−13%
below its usual $250
you keep $32
Found
- Depart
- Tue 27 Oct
- Return
- Sat 31 Oct
- Stay
- 4 nights
- Flight
- Nonstop · 5.5h
- Airline
Spring Airlines
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $240 and $250. The drop beats 32% 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 October around $218 and peak in August near $302, 39% dearer, across the 9 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies Spring Airlines nonstop and takes about 5.5 hours outbound, on a 4-night trip. At $218 for 3,749 km each way, that works out to about $29 per 1,000 km flown. That is well under the $43 per 1,000 km that medium-haul fares on this board typically run. Across the 5 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Shanghai, this fare ranks 2nd — 33% above the $164 from Bangkok. The best time to be in Shanghai: Mar–May · Sep–Nov.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 27 Oct, $218
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 8% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $253 then versus $273 now, across 17 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 $141, on 29 Sep.
October 2026
1314151617Sunday 18 October: $253, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 19 October: $250, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.20Wednesday 21 October: $242, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.22Friday 23 October: $254, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.24Sunday 25 October: $243, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 26 October: $244, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 27 October: $218, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.282930Saturday 31 October: $247, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
November 2026
1Monday 2 November: $249, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.3Wednesday 4 November: $264, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.5Friday 6 November: $273, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 7 November: $318, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.891011Thursday 12 November: $275, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.13Saturday 14 November: $317, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 15 November: $316, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 16 November: $307, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 17 November: $259, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 18 November: $262, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 19 November: $259, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.20212223Tuesday 24 November: $248, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2526Friday 27 November: $269, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.282930
December 2026
12345Sunday 6 December: $338, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 7 December: $359, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 8 December: $365, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.9Thursday 10 December: $338, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1112131415Wednesday 16 December: $340, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1718Saturday 19 December: $362, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 20 December: $358, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 21 December: $355, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.22232425Saturday 26 December: $415, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2728293031
January 2027
12345678910111213141516Sunday 17 January: $244, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.18192021222324252627282930Sunday 31 January: $293, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 13 Oct 2026 · bands from 130 tracked fares
Cheapest in Oct, around $218
13% below the $250 typical fare
$218Oct, the cheapest month. Compare October fares.$248Nov, around the usual price. Compare November fares.$263Dec, above the usual price. Compare December fares.$227Jan ’27, below the usual price. Compare January fares.$240Feb, around the usual price. Compare February fares.$249Mar, around the usual price. Compare March fares.$245Apr, around the usual price. Compare April fares.$250May, around the usual price. Compare May fares.$302Aug, above the usual price. Compare August fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Kuala Lumpur to Shanghai, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Kuala Lumpur (KUL) · Subang (SZB) ↔ Pudong (PVG) · Hongqiao (SHA)
- Flight time
- ≈5.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈3,749 km each way
- Typical price
- $250 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Spring Airlines
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Mar–May · Sep–Nov
Good to know
KUL → SHA, answered.
Is $218 a good price for Kuala Lumpur to Shanghai?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $250 round-trip and this fare is 13% 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 Kuala Lumpur to Shanghai?
Across 9 months of cached-fare history, Oct 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 KUL → 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, Oct comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Kuala Lumpur to Shanghai?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (Spring Airlines). The outbound leg runs around 5.5 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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