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 → CUN
Shanghai to Cancún
Best fare, round trip
$1,465
−12%
below its usual $1,660
you keep $195
Found
- Depart
- Fri 19 Feb
- Return
- Fri 5 Mar
- Stay
- 14 nights
- Flight
- 2 stops · 17h
- Airline
ANA
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $1,548 and $1,662. The drop beats 29% of measured fares on the board, over 4 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
MexicoCancúnCaribbean blue, Mayan ruins, cenotes — the highest deal-frequency beach route in the Americas.Best windowDec–AprAirportsCancún (CUN)Every route into CancúnFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in February around $1,465 and peak in January near $1,859, 27% dearer, across the 4 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes 2 stops and takes about 17 hours outbound, on a 14-night trip — ticketed under ANA, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $1,465 for 13,453 km each way, that works out to about $54 per 1,000 km flown. That is above the $42 per 1,000 km typical of ultra-long-haul fares here. Across the 12 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Cancún, this fare ranks 9th — 1.8× the $818 we hold from Istanbul. For context, the middle fare among the 22 routes of similar length we watch out of Shanghai is $1,283. The best time to be in Cancún: Dec–Apr.
The 2 days we hold a cached fare for
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 27% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $1,379 then versus $1,758 now, across 15 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 $1,038, on 25 Oct.
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 Feb, around $1,465
12% below the $1,660 typical fare
$1662Oct, around the usual price. Compare October fares.$1548Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$1859Jan ’27, above the usual price. Compare January fares.$1465Feb, the cheapest month. Compare February fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Shanghai to Cancún, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Pudong (PVG) · Hongqiao (SHA) ↔ Cancún (CUN)
- Flight time
- ≈17 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈13,453 km each way
- Typical price
- $1,660 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- ANA
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Dec–Apr
Good to know
SHA → CUN, answered.
Is $1,465 a good price for Shanghai to Cancún?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $1,660 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 Cancún?
Across 4 months of cached-fare history, Feb comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Cancún are Dec–Apr — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book SHA → Cancún?
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 4 months of cached fares, Feb 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 Cancún?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under ANA. 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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