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 → DXB
Shanghai to Dubai
Best fare, round trip
$352
−40%
below its usual $590
you keep $238
RareFound
- Depart
- Thu 22 Oct
- Return
- Sun 25 Oct
- Stay
- 3 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 11.5h
- Airline
Air India
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $449 and $595. The drop beats 88% of measured fares on the board, over 6 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
UAEDubaiFuture-city skyline, desert dunes, winter sun on tap — and Emirates sales twice a year.Best windowNov–MarAirportsDXB · Al Maktoum (DWC)Every route into DubaiFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in October around $350 and peak in April near $613, 75% dearer, across the 6 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 11.5 hours outbound, on a 3-night trip — ticketed under Air India, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $352 for 6,426 km each way, that works out to about $27 per 1,000 km flown. That is well under the $44 per 1,000 km that long-haul fares on this board typically run. Across the 21 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Dubai, this fare ranks 8th — 32% above the $266 from Amsterdam. It is also the 2nd cheapest of the 13 routes of similar length we watch out of Shanghai. The best time to be in Dubai: Nov–Mar.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 18 Oct, $350
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 8% lower than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $652 then versus $599 now, across 17 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 $334, on 31 Oct.
October 2026
1516Saturday 17 October: $597, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 18 October: $350, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.Monday 19 October: $643, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.20Wednesday 21 October: $587, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 22 October: $352, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 23 October: $356, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 24 October: $355, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.25262728293031
November 2026
Sunday 1 November: $775, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.234Thursday 5 November: $610, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.6Saturday 7 November: $621, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.8Monday 9 November: $593, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.101112Friday 13 November: $599, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1415Monday 16 November: $600, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.17181920Saturday 21 November: $623, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.22Monday 23 November: $599, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2425Thursday 26 November: $449, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.27282930
December 2026
Tuesday 1 December: $592, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.23456Monday 7 December: $586, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.891011121314151617181920212223242526272829Wednesday 30 December: $619, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 31 December: $595, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
January 2027
Friday 1 January: $595, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 2 January: $715, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.3456789Sunday 10 January: $617, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.111213141516171819Wednesday 20 January: $669, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.21Friday 22 January: $669, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.232425262728293031
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026 · bands from 133 tracked fares
Cheapest in Oct, around $350
41% below the $590 typical fare
$350Oct, the cheapest month. Compare October fares.$449Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$586Dec, around the usual price. Compare December fares.$595Jan ’27, around the usual price. Compare January fares.$591Feb, around the usual price. Compare February fares.$613Apr, around the usual price. Compare April fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Shanghai to Dubai, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Pudong (PVG) · Hongqiao (SHA) ↔ DXB · Al Maktoum (DWC)
- Flight time
- ≈11.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈6,426 km each way
- Typical price
- $590 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Air India
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Nov–Mar
Good to know
SHA → DXB, answered.
Is $352 a good price for Shanghai to Dubai?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $590 round-trip. At $352 you're 40% below that, which we rate rare for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Shanghai to Dubai?
Across 6 months of cached-fare history, Oct comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Dubai are Nov–Mar — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book SHA → Dubai?
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 6 months of cached fares, Oct 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 Dubai?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Air India. 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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