Cheapest€583.06
- China Eastern Airlines CE840606:4010h 20m17:00Riyadh RUHShanghai PVG
Door to door 13h 30mCO2 1103.5 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Riyadh to Shanghai flight
Flights from Riyadh to Shanghai start at €737.64 and take 13h 28m at their fastest.
The Flights from Riyadh to Shanghai starts at €737.64 and takes 13h 28m door to door, run by 2 operators over 7,456 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 13h 28mDoor to door
- 10h 18mMoving
- €737.64From
- 1103.5 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€640.29
- Saudia S243214:4510h 18m01:03Riyadh RUHShanghai PVG
Door to door 13h 28mCO2 1103.5 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 | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
| China Eastern Airlines | €583.06 | 12h 55m |
| Saudia | €640.29 | 12h 56m |
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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 Riyadh to Shanghai
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €583.0690 days
- €544.7160 days
- €659.7645 days
- €590.1430 days
- €685.1321 days
- €770.0914 days
- €951.817 days
- €1,410.243 days
- €2,005.551 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €544.71.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 268 percent. The most expensive point is €2,005.55, 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.
- €901.07Sun
- €737.64Mon
- €737.64Tue
- €770.09Wed
- €1,015.53Thu
- €974.23Fri
- €1,086.33Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Riyadh
Air
- RUH
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.
- Direct or connecting
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 7,456 km against 7,239 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 Dubai, Delhi, Abu Dhabi, Doha. The gap between arriving and leaving is 65 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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 Riyadh at 06:03 and the last at 14:53, across 8 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Riyadh 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 Riyadh to Shanghai take?
The Flight from Riyadh to Shanghai takes 13h 28m door to door, of which 10h 18m is spent moving. The route runs 7,456 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 Riyadh to Shanghai cost?
The Flight from Riyadh to Shanghai starts at €737.64 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €693.98. 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 Riyadh to Shanghai?
2 operators run the Flight from Riyadh to Shanghai: China Eastern Airlines, Saudia. Between them they file around 8 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 Riyadh to Shanghai use?
The Flight from Riyadh to Shanghai leaves from Riyadh RUH 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 Riyadh to Shanghai?
Fares for the Flight from Riyadh to Shanghai bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €544.71. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 268 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Riyadh to Shanghai produce?
The Flight from Riyadh to Shanghai produces about 1103.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 7456 km, which works out at roughly 148 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 Riyadh to Shanghai on September 9, 2026: 7456 km of route against 7239 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €737.64, and 13h 28m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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