Shanghai to Ili: buy now or wait?
Buy now FareScore 83/100
usually CN¥846 CN¥831 ≈ €111 Today's best fare
Cheaper than 83% of what we have seen
11 Nov Spring Airlines With a stop
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11 Nov
12:15
Spring Airlines · 14h 55m
With a stop ↓7%
€119 €111
22 Nov
12:15
Spring Airlines · 14h 55m
With a stop
€111
20 Nov
22:30
Spring Airlines · 11h 25m
With a stop
€120
7 Dec
22:30
Spring Airlines · 11h 25m
With a stop
€120
13 Jan
12:15
Spring Airlines · 14h 55m
With a stop ↓5%
€147 €139
3 Jan
22:45
Spring Airlines · 11h 10m
With a stop
€170
16 Nov
07:25
China Eastern · 9h 40m
With a stop
€184
18 Nov
03:20
Tianjin Airlines · 11h 00m
With a stop
€211
What the history says
Prices recorded 100
Typical price €113
Lowest we saw €110
You save today €2
Based on 100 prices we recorded on this exact route, compared against the same departure month.
Best booking window
14–27 days — is when this route has been cheapest to book: €114 typical, on 28 observations. That is about €13 less than booking in the last two weeks.
Cheapest months to fly to Ili
November €114 39 observations
October €126 27 observations
January €139 10 observations
Booking tips from our fare data
- How far in advance should you book a flight?
- Book 1–1.5 months before departure. Tracking the same flights at every lead time (97,668 flights on 19,841 routes, 2026-06-14 to 2026-11-05), that window had the smallest average premium over each flight's lowest fare: +16.7%, against +49.3% in the last 3 days.
- What is the cheapest day of the week to fly?
- Wednesday. Comparing each fare with the median of its own route, Wednesday departures were +3.5% and Tuesday +4.3%, while Friday was the dearest at +10.5%. Weekend departures cost more than midweek ones.
- What is the cheapest month to fly?
- November 2026. Comparing each route's fares month by month (booked 8–60 days ahead), November 2026 departures were -1.1% against the route's own median, while January 2027 was the dearest at +22.7%. Covers September 2026, October 2026, November 2026, December 2026, January 2027; fares observed 2026-06-14 to 2026-11-05.
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