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 → BEG
Shanghai to Belgrade
Best fare, round trip
$640
−15%
below its usual $750
you keep $110
Found
- Depart
- Wed 2 Dec
- Return
- Tue 8 Dec
- Stay
- 6 nights
- Flight
- Nonstop · 12.5h
- Airline
Air Serbia
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $747 and $831. The drop beats 40% of measured fares on the board, over 7 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
SerbiaBelgradeTwo rivers, a fortress between them, and nightlife that starts when other capitals are closing.Best windowMay–Jun · Sep–OctAirportsNikola Tesla (BEG)Every route into BelgradeFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in December around $640 and peak in October near $881, 38% dearer, across the 7 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies Air Serbia nonstop and takes about 12.5 hours outbound, on a 6-night trip. At $640 for 8,403 km each way, that works out to about $38 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $44 per 1,000 km typical of long-haul fares here. Across the 21 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Belgrade, this fare ranks 4th — 23% above the $519 from Chicago. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 41 routes of similar length we watch out of Shanghai, where the middle fare is $777. The best time to be in Belgrade: May–Jun · Sep–Oct.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 2 Dec, $640
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 16% lower than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $936 then versus $788 now, across 21 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 $640, on 2 Dec.
October 2026
Saturday 17 October: $1k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.18Monday 19 October: $881, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 20 October: $1.1k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 21 October: $970, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 22 October: $1k, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.232425262728293031
November 2026
Sunday 1 November: $1.4k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 2 November: $796, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 3 November: $788, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.4Thursday 5 November: $781, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.6Saturday 7 November: $807, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 8 November: $747, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.91011Thursday 12 November: $784, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 13 November: $871, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.14Sunday 15 November: $878, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1617181920Saturday 21 November: $780, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.222324252627282930
December 2026
Tuesday 1 December: $737, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 2 December: $640, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 3 December: $737, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 4 December: $737, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 5 December: $735, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031
January 2027
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 17 Oct 2026 · bands from 103 tracked fares
Cheapest in Dec, around $640
15% below the $750 typical fare
$881Oct, above the usual price. Compare October fares.$747Nov, around the usual price. Compare November fares.$640Dec, the cheapest month. Compare December fares.$641Jan ’27, below the usual price. Compare January fares.$786Feb, around the usual price. Compare February fares.$750Mar, around the usual price. Compare March fares.$831Jun, above the usual price. Compare June fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Shanghai to Belgrade, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Pudong (PVG) · Hongqiao (SHA) ↔ Nikola Tesla (BEG)
- Flight time
- ≈12.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈8,403 km each way
- Typical price
- $750 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Air Serbia
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- May–Jun · Sep–Oct
Good to know
SHA → BEG, answered.
Is $640 a good price for Shanghai to Belgrade?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $750 round-trip and this fare is 15% 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 Belgrade?
Across 7 months of cached-fare history, Dec comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Belgrade are May–Jun · Sep–Oct — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book SHA → Belgrade?
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 7 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 Belgrade?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (Air Serbia). The outbound leg runs around 12.5 hours.
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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