Guangzhou to Shantou flight
Flights from Guangzhou to Shantou start at €76.84 and take 7h 22m at their fastest.
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The Flights from Guangzhou to Shantou starts at €76.84 and takes 7h 22m door to door, run by 2 operators over 736 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 7h 22mDoor to door
- 3h 43mMoving
- €93.95 to €209.59From
- 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
- 1Per day
- 87.3 kgCO2
7h 22m
3h 43m
€93.95 to €209.59
07:30 to 07:30
1
87.3 kgFirst and last are taken from the services we sell on October 13, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€93.95 to €209.59 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.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €209.59Fri25
- about €174.78Sat26
- about €165.93Sun27
- about €155.31Mon28
- about €136.43Tue29
- about €155.90Wed30
- about €132.30Thu1
- about €121.68Fri2
- about €127.58Sat3
- about €139.97Sun4
- about €119.32Mon5
- about €93.95Tue6
- about €113.42Wed7
- about €96.90Thu8
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on October 13, 2026
No bookable itinerary for this date.
Airlines
| Operator | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|
| China Southern Airlines | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
 China Railway | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Guangzhou to Shantou
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €51.4990 days
- €41.5960 days
- €48.7445 days
- €43.7930 days
- €69.6421 days
- €55.8914 days
- €71.847 days
- €87.793 days
- €113.091 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €41.59.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 172 percent. The most expensive point is €113.09, 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.
- €74.04Sun
- €63.04Mon
- €48.74Tue
- €54.79Wed
- €69.64Thu
- €65.79Fri
- €72.39Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Guangzhou
Air- CAN
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 736 km against 351 km in a straight line, a detour of 43 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Huizhou, Shenzhen, Ganzhou. The gap between arriving and leaving is 98 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 10 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Guangzhou at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 1 departure The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Flights against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 5h 13m | 2h 51m | 2h 22m | €41.04 | 12.8 kg | 2 |
| Flight | 7h 22m | 3h 43m | 3h 39m | €76.84 | 87.3 kg | 1 |
Questions about Guangzhou to Shantou
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 Shantou take?
The Flight from Guangzhou to Shantou takes 7h 22m door to door, of which 3h 43m is spent moving. The route runs 736 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 Shantou cost?
The Flight from Guangzhou to Shantou starts at €76.84 for one passenger, as of September 24, 2026. A typical fare is €76.84. 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 Shantou?
2 operators run the Flight from Guangzhou to Shantou: China Southern Airlines, China Railway. Between them they file around 1 departure 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 Shantou use?
The Flight from Guangzhou to Shantou leaves from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport CAN and arrives at Shantou Railway Station. Allow about 1h 57m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Flight the best way from Guangzhou to Shantou?
Traveling from Guangzhou to Shantou by Train costs €41.04 and takes 5h 13m door to door, against 7h 22m by Flight. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Flight from Guangzhou to Shantou?
Fares for the Flight from Guangzhou to Shantou bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €41.59. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 172 percent, measured on September 24, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Guangzhou to Shantou produce?
The Flight from Guangzhou to Shantou produces about 87.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 736 km, which works out at roughly 119 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Flight from Guangzhou to Shantou?
Operators on the Flight from Guangzhou to Shantou publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 7h 22m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
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 labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Guangzhou to Shantou on September 24, 2026: 736 km of route against 351 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €76.84, and 7h 22m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.