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 → SHA
Vienna to Shanghai
Best fare, round trip
$567
−15%
below its usual $670
you keep $103
Found
- Depart
- Mon 16 Nov
- Return
- Sat 21 Nov
- Stay
- 5 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 13h
- Airline
China Eastern
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $604 and $671. The drop beats 40% of measured fares on the board, over 8 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 $546 and peak in August near $815, 49% dearer, across the 8 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 13 hours outbound, on a 5-night trip — ticketed under China Eastern, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $567 for 8,476 km each way, that works out to about $33 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $44 per 1,000 km typical of long-haul fares here. Across the 24 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Shanghai, this fare ranks 9th — 28% above the $444 from Istanbul. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 39 routes of similar length we watch out of Vienna, where the middle fare is $729. 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 4% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $789 then versus $822 now, across 18 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 $517, on 21 Nov.
Cached day-level data for this route is sparse — 17 of 111 days priced, from 96 tracked fares. The days below are shown as found, with no cheapest-day or below-median call.
October 2026
November 2026
Sunday 1 November: $661. Compare fares from this day.23456789101112131415Monday 16 November: $567. Compare fares from this day.1718Thursday 19 November: $747. Compare fares from this day.202122Monday 23 November: $648. Compare fares from this day.2425Thursday 26 November: $651. Compare fares from this day.27282930
December 2026
12345678Wednesday 9 December: $653. Compare fares from this day.101112131415161718192021Tuesday 22 December: $1k. Compare fares from this day.23Thursday 24 December: $916. Compare fares from this day.25Saturday 26 December: $863. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 27 December: $1.1k. Compare fares from this day.Monday 28 December: $948. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 29 December: $952. Compare fares from this day.3031
January 2027
12345678910Monday 11 January: $655. Compare fares from this day.1213141516171819202122232425262728293031
Cached fares · checked 13 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Oct, around $546
19% below the $670 typical fare
$546Oct, the cheapest month. Compare October fares.$567Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$595Dec, below the usual price. Compare December fares.$655Jan ’27, around the usual price. Compare January fares.$669Feb, around the usual price. Compare February fares.$662May, around the usual price. Compare May fares.$671Jul, around the usual price. Compare July fares.$815Aug, above the usual price. Compare August fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Vienna to Shanghai, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Schwechat (VIE) ↔ Pudong (PVG) · Hongqiao (SHA)
- Flight time
- ≈13 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈8,476 km each way
- Typical price
- $670 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- China Eastern
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Mar–May · Sep–Nov
Good to know
VIE → SHA, answered.
Is $567 a good price for Vienna to Shanghai?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $670 round-trip and this fare is 15% 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 Vienna to Shanghai?
Across 8 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 VIE → 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 8 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 Vienna to Shanghai?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under China Eastern. 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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