Shanghai to Sydney: buy now or wait?
Your call FareScore 62/100
usually CN¥1,939 CN¥1,924 ≈ €257 Today's best fare
Cheaper than 62% of what we have seen
10 Nov Vietjet With a stop
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10 Nov
17:30
Vietjet · 29h 30m
With a stop
€257
25 Nov
02:30
Spring Airlines · 29h 20m
With a stop ↓2%
€262 €257
14 Dec
14:05
Shenzhen Airlines · 36h 35m
With a stop ↓2%
€261 €257
17 Nov
17:30
Vietjet · 29h 30m
With a stop
€258
16 Nov
17:30
Vietjet · 29h 30m
With a stop
€259
14 Dec
17:30
Vietjet · 29h 30m
With a stop
€259
7 Nov
10:45
Sichuan Airlines · 17h 20m
With a stop ↓1%
€264 €261
9 Nov
17:30
Vietjet · 29h 30m
With a stop
€261
16 Nov
10:45
Sichuan Airlines · 17h 20m
With a stop ↓1%
€263 €261
18 Nov
10:45
Sichuan Airlines · 17h 20m
With a stop
€261
25 Nov
10:45
Sichuan Airlines · 17h 20m
With a stop
€263
2 Dec
10:45
Sichuan Airlines · 17h 20m
With a stop
€263
What the history says
Prices recorded 227
Typical price €259
Lowest we saw €231
You save today €2
Based on 227 prices we recorded on this exact route, compared against the same departure month.
Best booking window
28–41 days — is when this route has been cheapest to book: €261 typical, on 46 observations.
Cheapest months to fly to Sydney
October €261 62 observations
December €261 64 observations
November €262 97 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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