Cheapest€102.80
- 9 Air A101818:102h 13m20:23Shanghai PVGGuangzhou CAN
Door to door 5h 23mCO2 307.3 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Shanghai to Guangzhou flight
Flights from Shanghai to Guangzhou start at €121.09 and take 5h 9m at their fastest.
The Flights from Shanghai to Guangzhou 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€108.11
- Air China AC190116:121h 59m18:11Shanghai PVGGuangzhou CAN
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 |
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Rooms within reach of Guangzhou railway station
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When to book Shanghai to Guangzhou
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.
Shanghai
Air
- PVG
- SHA
Guangzhou
Air
- CAN
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 Shanghai 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 Shanghai to Guangzhou
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 Shanghai to Guangzhou take?
The Flight from Shanghai to Guangzhou 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 Shanghai to Guangzhou cost?
The Flight from Shanghai to Guangzhou 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 Shanghai to Guangzhou?
11 operators run the Flight from Shanghai to Guangzhou: 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 Shanghai to Guangzhou use?
The Flight from Shanghai to Guangzhou leaves from Shanghai PVG and arrives at Guangzhou CAN. 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 Shanghai to Guangzhou?
Fares for the Flight from Shanghai to Guangzhou 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 Shanghai to Guangzhou produce?
The Flight from Shanghai to Guangzhou 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 Shanghai to Guangzhou 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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