Kota Kinabalu to Shanghai runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:16 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €217.85, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 7h 17m over 2,949 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €217.85, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 5, 2026
€217.85
- 271%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Kota Kinabalu
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.
- 06:16First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €662.12Fri18
- about €560.05Sat19
- about €486.89Sun20
- about €429.07Mon21
- about €382.46Tue22
- about €404.88Wed23
- about €413.14Thu24
- about €362.99Fri25
- about €416.68Sat26
- about €398.39Sun27
- about €348.24Mon28
- about €320.51Tue29
- about €334.08Wed30
- about €313.43Thu1
- about €296.32Fri2
- about €280.98Sat3
- about €299.86Sun4
- about €217.85Mon5
- about €252.66Tue6
- about €264.46Wed7
- about €306.35Thu8
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 Shanghai. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Shanghai for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Shanghai railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Kota Kinabalu to Shanghai
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €267.4190 days
- €178.3260 days
- €212.5445 days
- €278.0330 days
- €306.3521 days
- €313.4314 days
- €413.147 days
- €486.893 days
- €662.121 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €178.32.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 271 percent. The most expensive point is €662.12, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Kota Kinabalu to Shanghai 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
2,949 km
2,863 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north.
Who lives at each end
500,421 → 24,874,500
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey 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 2,949 km against 2,863 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 Manila, Hangzhou, Hong Kong, Taipei. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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.
Baggage storage near Shanghai railway station
Most of the points near Shanghai railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Kota Kinabalu 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 it take to get from Kota Kinabalu to Shanghai?
The fastest journey from Kota Kinabalu to Shanghai takes 7h 17m door to door, of which 4h 29m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 7h 34m, 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 Kota Kinabalu to Shanghai?
The cheapest fare from Kota Kinabalu to Shanghai is €217.85, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €382.46. 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 Kota Kinabalu to Shanghai?
The cheapest way from Kota Kinabalu to Shanghai is by flight, at €217.85 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 7h 39m 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 Kota Kinabalu to Shanghai?
Fares from Kota Kinabalu to Shanghai bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €178.32. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 271 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Kota Kinabalu to Shanghai?
Thursday is the cheapest day to depart from Kota Kinabalu to Shanghai, at €313.43. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 17, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Kota Kinabalu to Shanghai?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Kota Kinabalu to Shanghai, at €203.69 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 service from Kota Kinabalu to Shanghai?
No operator record names Kota Kinabalu to Shanghai directly. Shanghai Airlines publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Kota Kinabalu to Shanghai?
20 percent of the services we sell from Kota Kinabalu to Shanghai are direct. The rest connect at Manila, Hangzhou, Hong Kong, Taipei, with about 50 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 Kota Kinabalu to Shanghai use?
Services from Kota Kinabalu to Shanghai by flight leave from Kota Kinabalu BKI and arrive at Shanghai PVG. 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 Kota Kinabalu to Shanghai?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Kota Kinabalu to Shanghai 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.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
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 Kota Kinabalu to Shanghai on September 17, 2026: 2949 km of route against 2863 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €217.85, and 7h 17m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Shanghai a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Shanghai and across China
Day trips that leave Shanghai in the morning and cover a good part of China by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Kota Kinabalu reaches 29 places in 11 countries on services we hold, over distances from 174 to 4,091 km. Shanghai reaches 232 places in 48 countries, from 40 to 11,859 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Kota Kinabalu
- 29Places you can leave for
- 11Countries
- 21Operators
Arriving in Shanghai
Leaving Shanghai
- 232Places you can leave for
- 48Countries
- 88Operators