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 → AKL
Shanghai to Auckland
Best fare, round trip
$807
−12%
below its usual $915
you keep $108
Found
- Depart
- Thu 24 Dec
- Return
- Tue 29 Dec
- Stay
- 5 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 14h
- Airline
China Southern
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $859 and $1,086. The drop beats 29% of measured fares on the board, over 8 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
New ZealandAucklandA city built on fifty volcanoes between two harbours — and the start of every New Zealand road trip.Best windowNov–AprAirportsAuckland (AKL)Every route into AucklandFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in December around $807 and peak in January near $1,108, 37% dearer, across the 8 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 14 hours outbound, on a 5-night trip — ticketed under China Southern, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $807 for 9,381 km each way, that works out to about $43 per 1,000 km flown. That is about the $44 per 1,000 km typical of long-haul fares here. Across the 13 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Auckland, this fare ranks 5th — 25% above the $644 from Jakarta. For context, the middle fare among the 42 routes of similar length we watch out of Shanghai is $800. The best time to be in Auckland: Nov–Apr.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 24 Dec, $807
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 1% lower than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $957 then versus $951 now, across 20 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 $759, on 27 Nov.
October 2026
1516171819202122232425Monday 26 October: $926, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2728293031
November 2026
Sunday 1 November: $859, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.23Wednesday 4 November: $928, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 5 November: $1k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.678910Wednesday 11 November: $954, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 12 November: $993, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1314Sunday 15 November: $843, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1617181920212223Tuesday 24 November: $951, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 25 November: $950, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.262728Sunday 29 November: $953, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 30 November: $1k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
December 2026
Tuesday 1 December: $953, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 2 December: $944, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 3 December: $1k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 4 December: $1k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 5 December: $943, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.6789Thursday 10 December: $973, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.111213Monday 14 December: $830, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.151617181920Monday 21 December: $829, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.22Wednesday 23 December: $948, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 24 December: $807, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.Friday 25 December: $827, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.26Sunday 27 December: $826, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 28 December: $1.1k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 29 December: $1.1k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.3031
January 2027
123Monday 4 January: $1.2k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.56789101112Wednesday 13 January: $1.1k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.141516171819202122232425262728293031
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026 · bands from 135 tracked fares
Cheapest in Dec, around $807
12% below the $915 typical fare
$926Oct, around the usual price. Compare October fares.$843Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$807Dec, the cheapest month. Compare December fares.$1108Jan ’27, above the usual price. Compare January fares.$913Feb, around the usual price. Compare February fares.$834Mar, below the usual price. Compare March fares.$911Apr, around the usual price. Compare April fares.$1086Jun, above the usual price. Compare June fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Shanghai to Auckland, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Pudong (PVG) · Hongqiao (SHA) ↔ Auckland (AKL)
- Flight time
- ≈14 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈9,381 km each way
- Typical price
- $915 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- China Southern
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Nov–Apr
Good to know
SHA → AKL, answered.
Is $807 a good price for Shanghai to Auckland?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $915 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 Auckland?
Across 8 months of cached-fare history, Dec comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Auckland are Nov–Apr — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book SHA → Auckland?
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 Shanghai to Auckland?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under China Southern. 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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