ExceptionalNonstop · 2h
VIE to BRUBelgium
Brussels
$78
usually $190
−59%
Most monthly lows $139–$201. Cheaper than every other month on record (4).
Flights · VIE → PEK
Vienna to Beijing
Best fare, round trip
$516
−35%
below its usual $790
you keep $274
GreatFound
- Depart
- Thu 19 Nov
- Return
- Sat 28 Nov
- Stay
- 9 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 13h
- Airline
Hainan Airlines
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $595 and $802. The drop beats 84% of measured fares on the board, over 8 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
ChinaBeijingImperial scale — the Forbidden City, the Wall an hour north, and a visa-free transit window worth checking.Best windowSep–Oct · Apr–MayAirportsCapital (PEK) · Daxing (PKX)Every route into BeijingFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in November around $516 and peak in September near $1,022, 98% dearer, across the 8 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 13 hours outbound, on a 9-night trip — ticketed under Hainan Airlines, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $516 for 7,458 km each way, that works out to about $35 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $44 per 1,000 km typical of long-haul fares here. Of the 22 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Beijing, this is the cheapest right now — though Madrid is within a few dollars. It is also the 3rd cheapest of the 29 routes of similar length we watch out of Vienna. The best time to be in Beijing: Sep–Oct · Apr–May.
Day-level prices for the next 4 months
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 5% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $823 then versus $867 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 $499, on 19 Nov.
Cached day-level data for this route is sparse — 17 of 107 days priced, from 114 tracked fares. The days below are shown as found, with no cheapest-day or below-median call.
October 2026
November 2026
123456789101112131415161718Thursday 19 November: $516. Compare fares from this day.20Saturday 21 November: $867. Compare fares from this day.222324252627282930
December 2026
12345678Wednesday 9 December: $790. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 10 December: $865. Compare fares from this day.11121314Tuesday 15 December: $829. Compare fares from this day.16Thursday 17 December: $949. Compare fares from this day.181920Monday 21 December: $935. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 22 December: $855. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 23 December: $982. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 24 December: $985. Compare fares from this day.25Saturday 26 December: $990. Compare fares from this day.27282930Thursday 31 December: $801. Compare fares from this day.
January 2027
12345678Saturday 9 January: $565. Compare fares from this day.10111213141516171819202122232425262728293031
Cached fares · checked 17 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Nov, around $516
35% below the $790 typical fare
$760Oct, around the usual price. Compare October fares.$516Nov, the cheapest month. Compare November fares.$790Dec, around the usual price. Compare December fares.$565Jan ’27, below the usual price. Compare January fares.$595Feb, below the usual price. Compare February fares.$802Mar, around the usual price. Compare March fares.$918Aug, above the usual price. Compare August fares.$1022Sep, above the usual price. Compare September fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Vienna to Beijing, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Schwechat (VIE) ↔ Capital (PEK) · Daxing (PKX)
- Flight time
- ≈13 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈7,458 km each way
- Typical price
- $790 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Hainan Airlines
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Sep–Oct · Apr–May
Good to know
VIE → PEK, answered.
Is $516 a good price for Vienna to Beijing?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $790 round-trip. At $516 you're 35% below that, which we rate great for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Vienna to Beijing?
Across 8 months of cached-fare history, Nov comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Beijing are Sep–Oct · Apr–May — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book VIE → Beijing?
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 8 months of cached fares, Nov comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Vienna to Beijing?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Hainan Airlines. 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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