ExceptionalNonstop · 4.5h
STO to AGPSpain
Málaga
$79
usually $180
−56%
Most monthly lows $82–$203. Cheaper than every other month on record (5).
Flights · STO → SHA
Stockholm to Shanghai
Best fare, round trip
$607
−9%
below its usual $670
you keep $63
Found
- Depart
- Tue 20 Oct
- Return
- Tue 27 Oct
- Stay
- 7 nights
- Flight
- 2 stops · 11.5h
- Airline
Finnair
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $609 and $802. The drop beats 18% 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 $607 and peak in November near $1,059, 74% dearer, across the 6 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes 2 stops and takes about 11.5 hours outbound, on a 7-night trip — ticketed under Finnair, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $607 for 7,765 km each way, that works out to about $39 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $44 per 1,000 km typical of long-haul fares here. Across the 20 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Shanghai, this fare ranks 13th — 37% above the $444 from Istanbul. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 34 routes of similar length we watch out of Stockholm, where the middle fare is $664. The best time to be in Shanghai: Mar–May · Sep–Nov.
The 3 days we hold a cached fare for
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 2% lower than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $691 then versus $674 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 $570, on 5 Nov.
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 13 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Oct, around $607
9% below the $670 typical fare
$607Oct, the cheapest month. Compare October fares.$1059Nov, above the usual price. Compare November fares.$802Dec, above the usual price. Compare December fares.$672Jan ’27, around the usual price. Compare January fares.$609Mar, below the usual price. Compare March fares.$617Jun, below the usual price. Compare June fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Stockholm to Shanghai, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Arlanda (ARN) · Bromma (BMA) · Skavsta (NYO) ↔ Pudong (PVG) · Hongqiao (SHA)
- Flight time
- ≈11.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈7,765 km each way
- Typical price
- $670 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Finnair
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Mar–May · Sep–Nov
Good to know
STO → SHA, answered.
Is $607 a good price for Stockholm to Shanghai?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $670 round-trip and this fare is 9% 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 Stockholm 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 STO → 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 Stockholm to Shanghai?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Finnair. 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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