Route brief · SIN → SHA
Singapore → Shanghai
$207
−23% vs typical
seasonal median $270 · difference $63
Oct 1 – Oct 6 · 5 nights
Spring AirlinesNonstop
- Usual monthly lows
- $228–$276
- Board rank
- Stronger than 63%
- Route sample
- 5 observed months
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
Destination briefSHAShanghaiThe Bund on one bank, a science-fiction skyline on the other — and a visa-free transit window worth checking.Best windowMar–May · Sep–NovAirportsPudong (PVG) · Hongqiao (SHA)All routes into ShanghaiWhen this route gets cheap.
Cached-fare history: across 5 months, Oct is the cheapest for SIN → SHA. Best time to be there: Mar–May · Sep–Nov.
Fares bottom out in October around $207 and peak in December near $333 — a $126 spread across the 5 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies Spring Airlines nonstop and takes about 6 hours outbound, on a 5-night trip. At $207 for 3,806 km each way, that works out to about $27 per 1,000 km flown. That is well under the $39 that medium-haul fares on this board typically run. Across the 5 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Shanghai, this fare ranks 3rd — 28% above the $162 from Kuala Lumpur.
Day-level prices for the next 4 months
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 1% lower than when tracking began on Aug 8 — $273 then versus $269 now, across 5 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 $207, on Oct 1.
Cached day-level data for this route is sparse — 12 of 122 days priced, from 49 tracked fares. The days below are shown as found, with no cheapest-day or below-median call.
November 2026
December 2026
Cheapest in Oct · around $207
23% below the $270 typical fare
Cheapest round-trip fare found per month · Singapore → Shanghai · cached-price history
Route facts
- Airports
- Changi (SIN) ↔ Pudong (PVG) · Hongqiao (SHA)
- Flight time
- ~6 hours outbound
- Distance
- ~3,806 km each way
- Typical price
- $270 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Spring Airlines
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Mar–May · Sep–Nov
SIN → SHA, answered.
Is $207 a good price for Singapore to Shanghai?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $270 round-trip. At $207 you're 23% below that, saving about $63, which we rate good for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Singapore to Shanghai?
Across 5 months of cached-fare history, Oct comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Shanghai are Mar–May · Sep–Nov — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book SIN → Shanghai?
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 5 months of cached fares, Oct comes out lowest on this route. See /guides/what-moves-a-flight-price/ for what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Singapore to Shanghai?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (Spring Airlines). The outbound leg runs around 6 hours.
Are these prices guaranteed?
No — these are cached fares found on real searches (this one on September 1). 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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