ExceptionalNonstop · 1.5h
PAR to VCEItaly
Venice
$38
usually $110
−65%
Most monthly lows $53–$112. Cheaper than every other month on record (7).
Flights · PAR → SHA
Paris to Shanghai
Best fare, round trip
$598
−18%
below its usual $730
you keep $132
Found
- Depart
- Sun 8 Nov
- Return
- Sun 15 Nov
- Stay
- 7 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 15h
- Airline
Gulf Air
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $663 and $761. The drop beats 50% 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 November around $592 and peak in July near $795, 34% dearer, across the 8 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 15 hours outbound, on a 7-night trip — ticketed under Gulf Air, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $598 for 9,263 km each way, that works out to about $32 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $44 per 1,000 km typical of long-haul fares here. Across the 25 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Shanghai, this fare ranks 12th — 35% above the $444 from Istanbul. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 37 routes of similar length we watch out of Paris, where the middle fare is $696. The best time to be in Shanghai: Mar–May · Sep–Nov.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 8 Nov, $592
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The median cached fare across this calendar is unchanged since tracking began on 8 Aug — $809 then versus $806 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 $592, on 8 Nov.
October 2026
13141516Saturday 17 October: $1.2k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 18 October: $1.2k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 19 October: $1.1k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.20Wednesday 21 October: $934, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 22 October: $984, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 23 October: $909, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 24 October: $740, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.25Monday 26 October: $845, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2728Thursday 29 October: $695, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.30Saturday 31 October: $832, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
November 2026
Sunday 1 November: $632, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 2 November: $729, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 3 November: $744, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.4Thursday 5 November: $732, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 6 November: $829, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.7Sunday 8 November: $592, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.9Tuesday 10 November: $608, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.11Thursday 12 November: $707, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.131415Monday 16 November: $739, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1718Thursday 19 November: $757, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.20212223Tuesday 24 November: $653, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.252627282930
December 2026
Tuesday 1 December: $716, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 2 December: $711, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 3 December: $633, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 4 December: $715, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 5 December: $712, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.67Tuesday 8 December: $728, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.910111213Monday 14 December: $750, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1516Thursday 17 December: $927, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 18 December: $1.1k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.192021Tuesday 22 December: $907, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.23Thursday 24 December: $1.2k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 25 December: $1k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 26 December: $1.1k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.27Monday 28 December: $959, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 29 December: $783, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 30 December: $965, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 31 December: $676, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
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CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 13 Oct 2026 · bands from 123 tracked fares
Cheapest in Nov, around $592
19% below the $730 typical fare
$695Oct, around the usual price. Compare October fares.$592Nov, the cheapest month. Compare November fares.$633Dec, below the usual price. Compare December fares.$778Jan ’27, above the usual price. Compare January fares.$663Mar, below the usual price. Compare March fares.$723Apr, around the usual price. Compare April fares.$795Jul, above the usual price. Compare July fares.$761Aug, around the usual price. Compare August fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Paris to Shanghai, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Charles de Gaulle (CDG) · Orly (ORY) ↔ Pudong (PVG) · Hongqiao (SHA)
- Flight time
- ≈15 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈9,263 km each way
- Typical price
- $730 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
PAR → SHA, answered.
Is $598 a good price for Paris to Shanghai?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $730 round-trip and this fare is 18% 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 Paris to Shanghai?
Across 8 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 PAR → 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, Nov comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Paris 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.
Next step
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