ExceptionalNonstop · 2h
MAD to RAKMorocco
Marrakech
$36
usually $95
−62%
Most monthly lows $58–$101. Cheaper than every other month on record (7).
Flights · MAD → SHA
Madrid to Shanghai
Best fare, round trip
$594
−14%
below its usual $690
you keep $96
Found
- Depart
- Tue 8 Dec
- Return
- Sun 27 Dec
- Stay
- 19 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 13h
- Airline
Air China
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $681 and $766. The drop beats 36% 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 $594 and peak in October near $1,019, 72% dearer, across the 7 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 13 hours outbound, on a 19-night trip — ticketed under Air China, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $594 for 10,255 km each way, that works out to about $29 per 1,000 km flown. That is well under the $44 per 1,000 km that long-haul fares on this board typically run. Across the 30 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Shanghai, this fare ranks 11th — 34% above the $444 from Istanbul. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 35 routes of similar length we watch out of Madrid, where the middle fare is $654. The best time to be in Shanghai: Mar–May · Sep–Nov.
Day-level prices for the next 4 months
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The median cached fare across this calendar is unchanged since tracking began on 8 Aug — $681 then versus $684 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 $523, on 18 Nov.
Cached day-level data for this route is sparse — 13 of 109 days priced, from 100 tracked fares. The days below are shown as found, with no cheapest-day or below-median call.
October 2026
November 2026
123Wednesday 4 November: $700. Compare fares from this day.56Saturday 7 November: $684. Compare fares from this day.8Monday 9 November: $651. Compare fares from this day.101112Friday 13 November: $720. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 14 November: $665. Compare fares from this day.15Monday 16 November: $633. Compare fares from this day.1718192021222324252627282930
December 2026
January 2027
123456789Sunday 10 January: $725. Compare fares from this day.1112131415161718192021222324Monday 25 January: $675. Compare fares from this day.262728293031
Cached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Dec, around $594
14% below the $690 typical fare
$1019Oct, above the usual price. Compare October fares.$633Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$594Dec, the cheapest month. Compare December fares.$675Jan ’27, around the usual price. Compare January fares.$689Mar, around the usual price. Compare March fares.$766Apr, above the usual price. Compare April fares.$681Aug, around the usual price. Compare August fares.
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualPress a month to compare its fares
Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Madrid to Shanghai, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Barajas (MAD) ↔ Pudong (PVG) · Hongqiao (SHA)
- Flight time
- ≈13 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈10,255 km each way
- Typical price
- $690 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Air China
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Mar–May · Sep–Nov
Good to know
MAD → SHA, answered.
Is $594 a good price for Madrid to Shanghai?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $690 round-trip and this fare is 14% 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 Madrid 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 MAD → 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 Madrid to Shanghai?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Air China. 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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