Shanghai to St Petersburg: buy now or wait?
Buy now FareScore 83/100
usually CN¥1,662 CN¥1,497 ≈ €200 Today's best fare
Cheaper than 83% of what we have seen
21 Dec China Southern Airlines With a stop
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21 Dec
10:20
China Southern Airlines · 35h 15m
With a stop
€200
26 Nov
01:15
China Southern Airlines · 42h 20m
With a stop ↓1%
€213 €210
30 Dec
14:00
China Southern Airlines · 30h 00m
With a stop
€210
2 Jan
00:10
China Southern Airlines · 45h 25m
With a stop ↓1%
€218 €215
16 Dec
04:25
China Southern Airlines · 40h 10m
With a stop
€218
13 Dec
20:40
S7 Airlines · 15h 40m
With a stop ↓1%
€243 €240
15 Dec
20:40
S7 Airlines · 15h 40m
With a stop
€240
24 Nov
12:30
China Southern Airlines · 28h 30m
With a stop
€263
1 Jan
08:50
China Southern Airlines · 34h 15m
With a stop
€275
31 Dec
19:20
S7 Airlines · 19h 25m
With a stop ↓1%
€295 €292
1 Jan
03:45
Aeroflot · 13h 30m
With a stop
€295
16 Nov
01:15
China Southern Airlines · 42h 20m
With a stop
€299
What the history says
Prices recorded 86
Typical price €222
Lowest we saw €190
You save today €22
Based on 86 prices we recorded on this exact route, compared against the same departure month.
Best booking window
42–55 days — is when this route has been cheapest to book: €221 typical, on 21 observations. That is about €62 less than booking in the last two weeks.
Cheapest months to fly to St Petersburg
December €227 32 observations
November €273 35 observations
October €280 16 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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