ExceptionalNonstop · 2.5h
SHA to CANChina
Guangzhou
$120
usually $270
−56%
Most monthly lows $163–$394. Cheaper than every other month on record (10).
Flights · SHA → AMS
Shanghai to Amsterdam
Best fare, round trip
$691
−12%
below its usual $785
you keep $94
Found
- Depart
- Mon 26 Oct
- Return
- Mon 9 Nov
- Stay
- 14 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 17h
- Airline
Finnair
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $725 and $897. The drop beats 29% of measured fares on the board, over 5 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
NetherlandsAmsterdamCanals, Vermeers and bicycles with right of way. KLM’s network makes it a deal-alert regular.Best windowApr–May · SepAirportsSchiphol (AMS)Every route into AmsterdamFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in October around $686 and peak in July near $920, 34% dearer, across the 5 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 17 hours outbound, on a 14-night trip — ticketed under Finnair, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $691 for 8,874 km each way, that works out to about $39 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $44 per 1,000 km typical of long-haul fares here. Across the 16 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Amsterdam, this fare ranks 6th — 20% above the $577 from Manila. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 41 routes of similar length we watch out of Shanghai, where the middle fare is $789. The best time to be in Amsterdam: Apr–May · Sep.
Cheapest in Oct, around $686
13% below the $785 typical fare
$686Oct, the cheapest month. Compare October fares.$725Dec, below the usual price. Compare December fares.$786Feb ’27, around the usual price. Compare February fares.$897Apr, above the usual price. Compare April fares.$920Jul, above the usual price. Compare July fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Shanghai to Amsterdam, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Pudong (PVG) · Hongqiao (SHA) ↔ Schiphol (AMS)
- Flight time
- ≈17 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈8,874 km each way
- Typical price
- $785 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Finnair
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Apr–May · Sep
Good to know
SHA → AMS, answered.
Is $691 a good price for Shanghai to Amsterdam?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $785 round-trip and this fare is 12% 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 Shanghai to Amsterdam?
Across 5 months of cached-fare history, Oct comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Amsterdam are Apr–May · Sep — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book SHA → Amsterdam?
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 5 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 Shanghai to Amsterdam?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Finnair. 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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