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 → ATH
Shanghai to Athens
Best fare, round trip
$683
−25%
below its usual $915
you keep $232
GoodFound
- Depart
- Thu 17 Dec
- Return
- Fri 25 Dec
- Stay
- 8 nights
- Flight
- 2 stops · 16.5h
- Airline
Emirates
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $844 and $939. The drop beats 67% of measured fares on the board, over 5 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
GreeceAthensThe Acropolis at golden hour, then souvlaki for pocket change. Gateway fare to the whole Aegean.Best windowApr–Jun · Sep–OctAirportsEleftherios Venizelos (ATH)Every route into AthensFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in December around $683 and peak in May near $1,001, 47% dearer, across the 5 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes 2 stops and takes about 16.5 hours outbound, on a 8-night trip — ticketed under Emirates, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $683 for 8,540 km each way, that works out to about $40 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $44 per 1,000 km typical of long-haul fares here. Across the 18 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Athens, this fare ranks 9th — 40% above the $487 from Kuala Lumpur. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 42 routes of similar length we watch out of Shanghai, where the middle fare is $789. The best time to be in Athens: Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct.
The 7 days we hold a cached fare for
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 7% lower than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $826 then versus $769 now, across 13 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 $624, on 1 Nov.
- Mon 26 Oct$844
- Tue 3 Nov$831
- Sat 21 Nov$913
- Tue 1 Dec$721
- Wed 16 Dec$755
- Thu 17 Dec$683lowest
- Sat 26 Dec$769
These are the only days we have a cached price for on this route so far — not the only days it flies. The search above covers any date.
Cached fares · checked 13 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Dec, around $683
25% below the $915 typical fare
$844Oct, below the usual price. Compare October fares.$831Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$683Dec, the cheapest month. Compare December fares.$1001May ’27, above the usual price. Compare May fares.$939Aug, around the usual price. Compare August fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Shanghai to Athens, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Pudong (PVG) · Hongqiao (SHA) ↔ Eleftherios Venizelos (ATH)
- Flight time
- ≈16.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈8,540 km each way
- Typical price
- $915 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Emirates
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct
Good to know
SHA → ATH, answered.
Is $683 a good price for Shanghai to Athens?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $915 round-trip. At $683 you're 25% below that, which we rate good for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Shanghai to Athens?
Across 5 months of cached-fare history, Dec comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Athens are Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book SHA → Athens?
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, Dec 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 Athens?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Emirates. 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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