GoodNonstop · 4.5h
SIN to HKG
Hong Kong
$274
usually $380
−28%
Most monthly lows $296–$383. Cheaper than every other month on record (5).
Flights · SIN → SHA
Singapore to Shanghai
Best fare, round trip
$230
−13%
below its usual $265
you keep $35
Found
- Depart
- Wed 30 Dec
- Return
- Thu 14 Jan
- Stay
- 15 nights
- Flight
- Nonstop · 5.5h
- Airline
Spring Airlines
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $240 and $324. The drop beats 32% of measured fares on the board, over 6 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
ChinaShanghaiThe 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)Every route into ShanghaiFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in October around $226 and peak in April near $358, 58% dearer, across the 6 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies Spring Airlines nonstop and takes about 5.5 hours outbound, on a 15-night trip. At $230 for 3,806 km each way, that works out to about $30 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $43 per 1,000 km typical of medium-haul fares here. Across the 5 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Shanghai, this fare ranks 3rd — 40% above the $164 from Bangkok. The best time to be in Shanghai: Mar–May · Sep–Nov.
Day-level prices for the next 4 months
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 1% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $273 then versus $277 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 $172, on 1 Oct.
Cached day-level data for this route is sparse — 14 of 111 days priced, from 88 tracked fares. The days below are shown as found, with no cheapest-day or below-median call.
October 2026
November 2026
1234Thursday 5 November: $255. Compare fares from this day.6789101112131415161718192021222324Wednesday 25 November: $317. Compare fares from this day.2627282930
December 2026
1234567891011Saturday 12 December: $490. Compare fares from this day.131415161718192021222324Friday 25 December: $414. Compare fares from this day.26Sunday 27 December: $314. Compare fares from this day.2829Wednesday 30 December: $230. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 31 December: $236. Compare fares from this day.
January 2027
Friday 1 January: $283. Compare fares from this day.2345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031
Cached fares · checked 13 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Oct, around $226
15% below the $265 typical fare
$226Oct, the cheapest month. Compare October fares.$255Nov, around the usual price. Compare November fares.$230Dec, below the usual price. Compare December fares.$267Jan ’27, around the usual price. Compare January fares.$324Mar, above the usual price. Compare March fares.$358Apr, above the usual price. Compare April fares.
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualPress a month to compare its fares
Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Singapore to Shanghai, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Changi (SIN) ↔ Pudong (PVG) · Hongqiao (SHA)
- Flight time
- ≈5.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈3,806 km each way
- Typical price
- $265 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Spring Airlines
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Mar–May · Sep–Nov
Good to know
SIN → SHA, answered.
Is $230 a good price for Singapore to Shanghai?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $265 round-trip and this fare is 13% 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 Singapore to Shanghai?
Across 6 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 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 Singapore to Shanghai?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (Spring Airlines). The outbound leg runs around 5.5 hours.
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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