Great1 stop · 6h
MNL to SGNVietnam
Ho Chi Minh City
$178
usually $255
−30%
Most monthly lows $193–$255. Cheaper than every other month on record (3).
Flights · MNL → SHA
Manila to Shanghai
Best fare, round trip
$151
−25%
below its usual $200
you keep $49
GoodFound
- Depart
- Tue 3 Nov
- Return
- Thu 12 Nov
- Stay
- 9 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 7h
- Airline
Air China
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $200 and $237. The drop beats 67% 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 November around $151 and peak in February near $291, 93% dearer, across the 7 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 7 hours outbound, on a 9-night trip — ticketed under Air China, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $151 for 1,850 km each way, that works out to about $41 per 1,000 km flown. That is about 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: 3 Nov, $151
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 38% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $155 then versus $214 now, across 21 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 $136, on 17 Oct.
October 2026
November 2026
Sunday 1 November: $156, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2Tuesday 3 November: $151, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 4 November: $152, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 5 November: $215, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.6Saturday 7 November: $171, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 8 November: $160, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.9Tuesday 10 November: $152, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.11121314Sunday 15 November: $186, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.161718Thursday 19 November: $216, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.202122232425Thursday 26 November: $215, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 27 November: $210, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.282930
December 2026
Tuesday 1 December: $202, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2345678910111213141516Thursday 17 December: $282, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.181920212223Thursday 24 December: $413, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.25Saturday 26 December: $222, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.27Monday 28 December: $309, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.29Wednesday 30 December: $248, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.31
January 2027
1234Tuesday 5 January: $287, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.6789101112Wednesday 13 January: $210, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.14Friday 15 January: $324, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 16 January: $274, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 17 January: $324, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 18 January: $381, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.192021Friday 22 January: $201, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.232425262728Friday 29 January: $214, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.3031
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 17 Oct 2026 · bands from 110 tracked fares
Cheapest in Nov, around $151
25% below the $200 typical fare
$162Oct, below the usual price. Compare October fares.$151Nov, the cheapest month. Compare November fares.$202Dec, around the usual price. Compare December fares.$201Jan ’27, around the usual price. Compare January fares.$291Feb, above the usual price. Compare February fares.$219Mar, above the usual price. Compare March fares.$237Jun, above the usual price. Compare June fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Manila to Shanghai, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Ninoy Aquino (MNL) · Clark (CRK) ↔ Pudong (PVG) · Hongqiao (SHA)
- Flight time
- ≈7 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈1,850 km each way
- Typical price
- $200 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
MNL → SHA, answered.
Is $151 a good price for Manila to Shanghai?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $200 round-trip. At $151 you're 25% below that, which we rate good for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Manila to Shanghai?
Across 7 months of cached-fare history, Nov 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 MNL → 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, Nov comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Manila 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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