Accra to Shanghai flight

Flights from Accra to Shanghai start at €988.98 and take 22h 50m at their fastest.

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Dazzling night view of Shanghai's Pudong skyline with the iconic Oriental Pearl Tower reflecting on the water.

The Flights from Accra to Shanghai starts at €988.98 and takes 22h 50m door to door, run by 2 operators over 13,067 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked 24 September 2026Priced for 14 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 22h 50mDoor to door
  • 18h 27mMoving
  • €1,175.42 to €2,682.87From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 2Per day
  • 3832.6 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 14 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€1,175.42 to €2,682.87 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €2,600.86Fri25
  2. about €2,682.87Sat26
  3. about €1,961.89Sun27
  4. about €1,758.93Mon28
  5. about €1,693.44Tue29
  6. about €2,002.01Wed30
  7. about €1,853.33Thu1
  8. about €1,830.91Fri2
  9. about €1,507.59Sat3
  10. about €1,595.50Sun4
  11. about €1,175.42Mon5
  12. about €1,315.84Tue6
  13. about €1,520.57Wed7
  14. about €1,492.25Thu8

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 14 October 2026

Cheapest€988.98
  1. Emirates E135407:308h 55m20:25Kotoka International Airport ACCDubai International Airport DXB
  2. Emirates E384521:4910h 6m11:55Dubai International Airport DXBShanghai Pudong International Airport PVG

Changes at Dubai, with 84 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 23h 35mCO2 3836.5 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Fastest€1,260.38
  1. Qatar Airways QA131507:308h 57m19:27Kotoka International Airport ACCHamad International Airport DOH
  2. Qatar Airways QA694120:409h 30m11:10Hamad International Airport DOHShanghai Pudong International Airport PVG

Changes at Doha, with 73 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 22h 50mCO2 3828.6 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

  • Qatar Airways
  • Emirates

The flight gets you into Shanghai. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Shanghai for the night the flight gets in

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Booking window

When to book Accra to Shanghai

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €1,063.9190 days
  2. €872.7560 days
  3. €967.7445 days
  4. €1,217.9030 days
  5. €1,578.3921 days
  6. €1,492.2514 days
  7. €1,853.337 days
  8. €1,961.893 days
  9. €2,600.861 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €872.75.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 198 percent. The dearest point is €2,600.86, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €1,595.50Sun
  2. €1,206.10Mon
  3. €1,315.84Tue
  4. €1,520.57Wed
  5. €1,578.39Thu
  6. €1,830.91Fri
  7. €1,507.59Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Accra

Air
  • ACC

Shanghai

Air
  • PVG
  • SHA
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 13,067 km against 12,605 km in a straight line, a detour of 4 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Doha, Dubai. The gap between arriving and leaving is 73 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Accra at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 2 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Accra to Shanghai

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Flight from Accra to Shanghai take?

The Flight from Accra to Shanghai takes 22h 50m door to door, of which 18h 27m is spent moving. The route runs 13,067 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Flight from Accra to Shanghai cost?

The Flight from Accra to Shanghai starts at €988.98 for one passenger, as of 24 September 2026. A typical fare is €1,124.68. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Flight from Accra to Shanghai?

2 operators run the Flight from Accra to Shanghai: Qatar Airways, Emirates. Between them they file around 2 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Flight from Accra to Shanghai use?

The Flight from Accra to Shanghai leaves from Kotoka International Airport ACC and arrives at Shanghai Pudong International Airport PVG. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Flight from Accra to Shanghai?

Fares for the Flight from Accra to Shanghai bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €872.75. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 198 percent, measured on 24 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Accra to Shanghai produce?

The Flight from Accra to Shanghai produces about 3832.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 13067 km, which works out at roughly 293 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for Accra to Shanghai on 24 September 2026: 13067 km of route against 12605 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €988.98, and 22h 50m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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