ExceptionalNonstop · 1h
MIL to GVASwitzerland
Geneva
$53
usually $145
−63%
Most monthly lows $99–$145. Cheaper than every other month on record (3).
Flights · MIL → SHA
Milan to Shanghai
Best fare, round trip
$526
−20%
below its usual $660
you keep $134
GoodFound
- Depart
- Tue 1 Dec
- Return
- Mon 7 Dec
- Stay
- 6 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 14.5h
- Airline
Gulf Air
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $541 and $669. The drop beats 55% of measured fares on the board, over 8 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 $526 and peak in August near $873, 66% dearer, across the 8 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 14.5 hours outbound, on a 6-night trip — ticketed under Gulf Air, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $526 for 9,099 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 24 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Shanghai, this fare ranks 3rd — 18% above the $444 from Istanbul. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 37 routes of similar length we watch out of Milan, where the middle fare is $655. The best time to be in Shanghai: Mar–May · Sep–Nov.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 1 Dec, $526
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 1% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $683 then versus $691 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 $520, on 1 Dec.
October 2026
13141516171819Tuesday 20 October: $745, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.21Thursday 22 October: $780, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.23242526Tuesday 27 October: $669, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.282930Saturday 31 October: $802, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
November 2026
Sunday 1 November: $742, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2Tuesday 3 November: $545, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.4Thursday 5 November: $656, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.678910Wednesday 11 November: $691, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1213Saturday 14 November: $554, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1516171819Friday 20 November: $638, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.21Sunday 22 November: $657, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 23 November: $581, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.24252627Saturday 28 November: $624, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 29 November: $579, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.30
December 2026
Tuesday 1 December: $526, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 2 December: $577, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.34Saturday 5 December: $651, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.67891011Saturday 12 December: $828, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1314151617181920212223Thursday 24 December: $753, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.25Saturday 26 December: $973, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 27 December: $947, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 28 December: $930, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 29 December: $805, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.3031
January 2027
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 13 Oct 2026 · bands from 118 tracked fares
Cheapest in Dec, around $526
20% below the $660 typical fare
$669Oct, around the usual price. Compare October fares.$541Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$526Dec, the cheapest month. Compare December fares.$532Jan ’27, below the usual price. Compare January fares.$659Feb, around the usual price. Compare February fares.$550Apr, below the usual price. Compare April fares.$845Jul, above the usual price. Compare July fares.$873Aug, above the usual price. Compare August fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Milan to Shanghai, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Malpensa (MXP) · Linate (LIN) · Bergamo (BGY) ↔ Pudong (PVG) · Hongqiao (SHA)
- Flight time
- ≈14.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈9,099 km each way
- Typical price
- $660 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Gulf Air
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Mar–May · Sep–Nov
Good to know
MIL → SHA, answered.
Is $526 a good price for Milan to Shanghai?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $660 round-trip. At $526 you're 20% below that, which we rate good for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Milan to Shanghai?
Across 8 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 MIL → 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 8 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 Milan to Shanghai?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Gulf Air. 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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