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 → RIO
Shanghai to Rio de Janeiro
Best fare, round trip
$1,566
−7%
below its usual $1,690
you keep $124
Found
- Depart
- Tue 1 Dec
- Return
- Thu 10 Dec
- Stay
- 9 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 26h
- Airline
Lufthansa
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $1,663 and $1,766. The drop beats 12% of measured fares on the board, over 6 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
BrazilRio de JaneiroBeaches with mountains growing out of them. Fares south swing hard — we catch the dips.Best windowApr–Jun · Sep–OctAirportsGaleão (GIG) · Santos Dumont (SDU)Every route into Rio de JaneiroFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in December around $1,566 and peak in February near $1,835, 17% dearer, across the 6 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 26 hours outbound, on a 9-night trip — ticketed under Lufthansa, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $1,566 for 18,238 km each way, that works out to about $43 per 1,000 km flown. That is about the $42 per 1,000 km typical of ultra-long-haul fares here. Across the 11 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Rio de Janeiro, this fare ranks 3rd — 32% above the $1,188 from Delhi. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 12 routes of similar length we watch out of Shanghai, where the middle fare is $1,581. The best time to be in Rio de Janeiro: Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct.
The 7 days we hold a cached fare for
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 1% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $1,707 then versus $1,720 now, across 18 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 $1,286, on 9 Nov.
- Sat 7 Nov$1,663
- Sat 14 Nov$1,850
- Sat 21 Nov$1,737
- Tue 1 Dec$1,566lowest
- Sun 10 Jan$1,965
- Wed 13 Jan$1,720
- Sun 17 Jan$1,690
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 17 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Dec, around $1,566
7% below the $1,690 typical fare
$1663Nov, around the usual price. Compare November fares.$1566Dec, the cheapest month. Compare December fares.$1690Jan ’27, around the usual price. Compare January fares.$1835Feb, above the usual price. Compare February fares.$1690Mar, around the usual price. Compare March fares.$1766Apr, around the usual price. Compare April fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Shanghai to Rio de Janeiro, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Pudong (PVG) · Hongqiao (SHA) ↔ Galeão (GIG) · Santos Dumont (SDU)
- Flight time
- ≈26 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈18,238 km each way
- Typical price
- $1,690 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Lufthansa
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct
Good to know
SHA → RIO, answered.
Is $1,566 a good price for Shanghai to Rio de Janeiro?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $1,690 round-trip and this fare is 7% 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 Rio de Janeiro?
Across 6 months of cached-fare history, Dec comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Rio de Janeiro are Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book SHA → Rio de Janeiro?
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, 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 Rio de Janeiro?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Lufthansa. 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.
Next step
Sleeping in Rio de Janeiro?
Lock the flight first — then compare stays for 1–10 Dec · 9 nights.
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