Cheapest€102.80
- 9 Air A586518:102h 9m20:19Guangzhou CANShanghai SHA
Door to door 5h 19mCO2 307.3 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Guangzhou to Shanghai flight
Flights from Guangzhou to Shanghai start at €121.09 and take 5h 9m at their fastest.
The Flights from Guangzhou to Shanghai starts at €121.09 and takes 5h 9m door to door, run by 11 operators over 1,249 km, with around 88 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 5h 9mDoor to door
- 1h 59mMoving
- €121.09From
- 307.3 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€115.19
- 9 Air A731516:241h 59m18:23Guangzhou CANShanghai PVG
Door to door 5h 9mCO2 307.3 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Airlines
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 Spring Airlines | €106.34 |
 9 Air | €102.80 |
 Air China | €104.57 |
| China Postal Airlines | €103.39 |
| China Southern Airlines | €106.34 |
| Shanghai Airlines | €102.80 |
| Juneyao Airlines | €104.57 |
| Hainan Airlines | €103.98 |
| China Eastern Airlines | €106.93 |
 SF Airlines | €104.57 |
| Shenzhen Airlines | €104.57 |
Shanghai sits on the water, which usually settles which side of town you want to wake up on. Rooms are not ours to sell.
Where to stay in Shanghai
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Guangzhou to Shanghai
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €120.5090 days
- €83.9260 days
- €83.9245 days
- €84.5130 days
- €119.9121 days
- €154.1314 days
- €190.127 days
- €183.043 days
- €249.121 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €83.92.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 197 percent. The most expensive point is €249.12, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €142.92Sun
- €123.45Mon
- €121.09Tue
- €129.35Wed
- €161.80Thu
- €149.41Fri
- €154.13Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Guangzhou
Air
- CAN
Shanghai
Air
- PVG
- SHA
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,249 km against 1,212 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Guangzhou at 06:25 and the last at 20:52, across 88 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Guangzhou to Shanghai
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Guangzhou to Shanghai take?
The Flight from Guangzhou to Shanghai takes 5h 9m door to door, of which 1h 59m is spent moving. The route runs 1,249 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 Guangzhou to Shanghai cost?
The Flight from Guangzhou to Shanghai starts at €121.09 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €122.27. 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 Guangzhou to Shanghai?
11 operators run the Flight from Guangzhou to Shanghai: Spring Airlines, 9 Air, Air China, China Postal Airlines, China Southern Airlines. Between them they file around 88 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 Guangzhou to Shanghai use?
The Flight from Guangzhou to Shanghai leaves from Guangzhou CAN and arrives at Shanghai 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 Guangzhou to Shanghai?
Fares for the Flight from Guangzhou to Shanghai bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €83.92. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 197 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Guangzhou to Shanghai produce?
The Flight from Guangzhou to Shanghai produces about 307.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1249 km, which works out at roughly 246 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Guangzhou to Shanghai on September 12, 2026: 1249 km of route against 1212 km in a straight line, 88 services a day, 11 operators, a cheapest fare of €121.09, and 5h 9m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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