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 → DEL
Shanghai to Delhi
Best fare, round trip
$379
Observed seasonal median $380 — this fare is not below it.
Found
- Depart
- Mon 30 Nov
- Return
- Thu 10 Dec
- Stay
- 10 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 8.5h
- Airline
IndiGo
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
IndiaDelhiMughal tombs, Lutyens boulevards and the loudest markets on earth — plus the Taj Mahal at arm’s length.Best windowOct–MarAirportsIndira Gandhi (DEL)Every route into DelhiFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in November around $379 and peak in October near $513, 35% dearer, across the 4 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 8.5 hours outbound, on a 10-night trip — ticketed under IndiGo, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $379 for 4,248 km each way, that works out to about $45 per 1,000 km flown. That is about the $43 per 1,000 km typical of medium-haul fares here. Across the 10 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Delhi, this fare ranks 4th — 33% above the $286 from Istanbul. For context, the middle fare among the 7 routes of similar length we watch out of Shanghai is $279. Across the 4 months of prices we hold for this route the typical fare is $380, and this one sits right on that line — neither a drop nor a premium. The best time to be in Delhi: Oct–Mar.
Day-level prices for the next 4 months
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 6% lower than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $426 then versus $402 now, across 16 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 $368, on 17 Nov.
Cached day-level data for this route is sparse — 10 of 111 days priced, from 52 tracked fares. The days below are shown as found, with no cheapest-day or below-median call.
October 2026
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November 2026
1Monday 2 November: $402. Compare fares from this day.3456789101112131415161718192021Sunday 22 November: $413. Compare fares from this day.Monday 23 November: $401. Compare fares from this day.2425Thursday 26 November: $564. Compare fares from this day.2728Sunday 29 November: $408. Compare fares from this day.Monday 30 November: $379. Compare fares from this day.
December 2026
Tuesday 1 December: $379. Compare fares from this day.234567891011121314151617181920Monday 21 December: $441. Compare fares from this day.22232425262728293031
January 2027
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Cached fares · checked 13 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Nov, around $379
$513Oct, above the usual price. Compare October fares.$379Nov, the cheapest month. Compare November fares.$379Dec, around the usual price. Compare December fares.$401Jan ’27, above the usual price. Compare January fares.$381Feb, around the usual price. Compare February fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Shanghai to Delhi, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Pudong (PVG) · Hongqiao (SHA) ↔ Indira Gandhi (DEL)
- Flight time
- ≈8.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈4,248 km each way
- Typical price
- $380 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- IndiGo
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Oct–Mar
Good to know
SHA → DEL, answered.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Shanghai to Delhi?
Across 4 months of cached-fare history, Nov comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Delhi are Oct–Mar — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book SHA → Delhi?
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, Nov 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 Delhi?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under IndiGo. 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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