RareNonstop · 3h
TYO to SELSouth Korea
Seoul
$112
usually $225
−50%
Most monthly lows $190–$228. Cheaper than every other month on record (9).
Flights · TYO → SHA
Tokyo to Shanghai
Best fare, round trip
$311
−20%
below its usual $390
you keep $79
GoodFound
- Depart
- Tue 8 Dec
- Return
- Mon 14 Dec
- Stay
- 6 nights
- Flight
- Nonstop · 4h
- Airline
Spring Airlines
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $387 and $410. The drop beats 55% of measured fares on the board, over 11 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 December around $311 and peak in July near $449, 44% dearer, across the 11 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies Spring Airlines nonstop and takes about 4 hours outbound, on a 6-night trip. At $311 for 1,754 km each way, that works out to about $89 per 1,000 km flown. That is above the $41 per 1,000 km typical of short-haul fares here. The best time to be in Shanghai: Mar–May · Sep–Nov.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 8 Dec, $311
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 3% lower than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $409 then versus $397 now, across 23 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 $253, on 29 Sep.
October 2026
17Sunday 18 October: $406, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 19 October: $480, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.20Wednesday 21 October: $335, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 22 October: $335, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 23 October: $366, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 24 October: $336, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2526Tuesday 27 October: $361, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.28293031
November 2026
1Monday 2 November: $397, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 3 November: $343, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 4 November: $389, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.5Friday 6 November: $351, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.78Monday 9 November: $372, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 10 November: $342, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 11 November: $371, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.12131415161718Thursday 19 November: $402, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2021Sunday 22 November: $417, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2324Wednesday 25 November: $375, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 26 November: $363, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.27282930
December 2026
12Thursday 3 December: $368, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 4 December: $398, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.567Tuesday 8 December: $311, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.91011Saturday 12 December: $401, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.13141516Thursday 17 December: $397, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.181920Monday 21 December: $429, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2223Thursday 24 December: $451, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.25Saturday 26 December: $465, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 27 December: $471, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 28 December: $486, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 29 December: $465, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.3031
January 2027
Friday 1 January: $515, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 2 January: $557, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 3 January: $431, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.45Wednesday 6 January: $395, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 7 January: $397, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.89101112131415161718192021Friday 22 January: $425, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.232425Tuesday 26 January: $413, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2728Friday 29 January: $417, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.3031
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 17 Oct 2026 · bands from 151 tracked fares
Cheapest in Dec, around $311
20% below the $390 typical fare
$335Oct, below the usual price. Compare October fares.$342Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$311Dec, the cheapest month. Compare December fares.$395Jan ’27, around the usual price. Compare January fares.$439Feb, above the usual price. Compare February fares.$407Mar, around the usual price. Compare March fares.$387Apr, around the usual price. Compare April fares.$410May, above the usual price. Compare May fares.$449Jul, above the usual price. Compare July fares.$388Sep, around the usual price. Compare September fares.$390Oct, around the usual price. Compare October fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Tokyo to Shanghai, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Narita (NRT) · Haneda (HND) ↔ Pudong (PVG) · Hongqiao (SHA)
- Flight time
- ≈4 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈1,754 km each way
- Typical price
- $390 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Spring Airlines
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Mar–May · Sep–Nov
Good to know
TYO → SHA, answered.
Is $311 a good price for Tokyo to Shanghai?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $390 round-trip. At $311 you're 20% below that, which we rate good for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Tokyo to Shanghai?
Across 11 months of cached-fare history, Dec 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 TYO → 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 11 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 Tokyo to Shanghai?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (Spring Airlines). The outbound leg runs around 4 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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