Shanghai to Nanchong runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:40 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €125.22, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 5h 29m over 1,509 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €125.22, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares
€125.22
- 158%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Shanghai
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:40First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 4Services per day
- 25%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €226.11Tue15
- about €286.29Wed16
- about €316.97Thu17
- about €289.24Fri18
- about €296.91Sat19
- about €262.69Sun20
- about €168.29Mon21
- about €156.49Tue22
- about €162.98Wed23
- about €230.83Thu24
- about €247.35Fri25
- about €216.08Sat26
- about €196.61Sun27
- about €125.22Mon28
- about €129.94Tue29
- about €146.46Wed30
- about €178.91Thu1
- about €180.09Fri2
- about €145.28Sat3
- about €171.24Sun4
- about €133.48Mon5
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Nanchong. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Nanchong for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Shanghai to Nanchong
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €160.6290 days
- €129.9460 days
- €191.3045 days
- €122.8630 days
- €133.4821 days
- €125.2214 days
- €168.297 days
- €316.973 days
- €226.111 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €122.86.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 158 percent. The dearest point is €316.97, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Shanghai to Nanchong and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
1,509 km
1,465 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
24,874,500 → 1,858,875
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,509 km against 1,465 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Yichang, Dazhou, Hefei, Wanzhou. The gap between arriving and leaving is 58 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Nanchong Railway Station
Most of the points near Nanchong Railway Station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Shanghai to Nanchong
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 it take to get from Shanghai to Nanchong?
The fastest journey from Shanghai to Nanchong takes 5h 29m door to door, of which 2h 26m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 36m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Shanghai to Nanchong?
The cheapest fare from Shanghai to Nanchong is €125.22, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €196.61. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Nanchong?
The cheapest way from Shanghai to Nanchong is by flight, at €125.22 for one passenger on 28 September 2026. That journey takes 5h 36m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Shanghai to Nanchong?
Fares from Shanghai to Nanchong bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €122.86. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 158 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Shanghai to Nanchong?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Shanghai to Nanchong, at €133.48. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 14 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Shanghai to Nanchong?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Shanghai to Nanchong, at €100.44 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Shanghai to Nanchong?
1 operators sell services from Shanghai to Nanchong across 1 mode: China Eastern Airlines. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Shanghai to Nanchong?
20 percent of the services we sell from Shanghai to Nanchong are direct. The rest connect at Yichang, Dazhou, Hefei, Wanzhou, with about 58 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Shanghai to Nanchong use?
Services from Shanghai to Nanchong by flight leave from Shanghai PVG and arrive at Nanchong NAO. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Shanghai to Nanchong?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Shanghai to Nanchong allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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 shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Shanghai to Nanchong on 14 September 2026: 1509 km of route against 1465 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €125.22, and 5h 29m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Nanchong is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Nanchong and across China
Day trips that leave Nanchong in the morning and cover a good part of China by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Shanghai reaches 232 places in 48 countries on services we hold, over distances from 40 to 11,859 km. Nanchong reaches 36 places in 1 countries, from 58 to 2,174 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Shanghai
- 232Places you can leave for
- 48Countries
- 88Operators
Arriving in Nanchong
Leaving Nanchong
- 36Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 6Operators