Shanghai to Beijing: buy now or wait?
Updated : Typical one-way fare Shanghai→Beijing: €76 (median of 52 daily lowest fares we tracked); under €65 is a good price; cheapest month: November; book 0–13 days ahead.
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All fares Shanghai → Beijing
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What the history says
Based on 379 prices we recorded on this exact route, compared against the same departure month.
Best booking window
0–13 days — is when this route has been cheapest to book: €78 typical, on 37 observations.
Cheapest months to fly to Beijing
Booking tips from our fare data
- How far in advance should you book a flight?
- Book 1.5–2 months before departure. Tracking the same flights at every lead time (119,654 flights on 22,843 routes, 2026-06-14 to 2026-11-13), that window had the smallest average premium over each flight's lowest fare: +16%, against +48.8% in the last 3 days.
- What are the cheapest cities to fly to this winter?
- Milan (median €29), London (median €30), Catania (median €32). That is the median one-way fare for departures from 2026-11-01, across 359 cities ranked from fares we observed, counting only cities reachable from at least 50 airports.
- What is the cheapest day of the week to fly?
- Wednesday. Comparing each fare with the median of its own route, Wednesday departures were +4% and Tuesday +4.5%, while Friday was the dearest at +10%. Weekend departures cost more than midweek ones.
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