Los Angeles to Shanghai runs about 30 times a day, with the first departure around 06:03 and the last around 20:14. One passenger pays between €770.09 and €843.84, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 17h 2m over 10,749 km, on services run by 5 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 5 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€770.09 to €843.84
- 136%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Los Angeles
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.
- 06:03First departure
- 20:14Last departure
- 30Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €1,507.59Tue15
- about €1,632.08Wed16
- about €1,643.29Thu17
- about €1,515.85Fri18
- about €1,596.68Sat19
- about €1,521.16Sun20
- about €999.60Mon21
- about €991.93Tue22
- about €1,044.44Wed23
- about €1,381.33Thu24
- about €1,219.08Fri25
- about €1,257.43Sat26
- about €1,157.72Sun27
- about €843.84Mon28
- about €815.52Tue29
- about €896.35Wed30
- about €1,023.79Thu1
- about €957.71Fri2
- about €960.66Sat3
- about €909.92Sun4
- about €770.09Mon5
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 Los Angeles to Shanghai
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €964.7990 days
- €758.8860 days
- €873.9345 days
- €695.7530 days
- €770.0921 days
- €843.8414 days
- €999.607 days
- €1,643.293 days
- €1,507.591 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €695.75.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 136 percent. The most expensive point is €1,643.29, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Los Angeles to Shanghai and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
15 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.
The shape of it
10,749 km
10,436 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
3,820,914 → 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
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
The route
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 10,749 km against 10,436 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
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 Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles to Shanghai?
The fastest journey from Los Angeles to Shanghai takes 17h 2m door to door, of which 13h 52m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 18h 8m, 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 Los Angeles to Shanghai?
The cheapest fare from Los Angeles to Shanghai is €770.09, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €1,374.84. 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 Los Angeles to Shanghai?
The cheapest way from Los Angeles to Shanghai is by flight, at €843.84 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 17h 2m 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 Los Angeles to Shanghai?
Fares from Los Angeles to Shanghai bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €695.75. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 136 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Los Angeles to Shanghai?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Los Angeles to Shanghai, at €843.84. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 14, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Los Angeles to Shanghai?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Los Angeles to Shanghai, at €678.64 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 Los Angeles to Shanghai?
5 operators sell services from Los Angeles to Shanghai across 1 mode: Air China, American Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Suparna Airlines. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Los Angeles to Shanghai?
Every service we sell from Los Angeles to Shanghai is direct, with around 30 departures a day and a fastest journey of 17h 2m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
Which station or terminal do services from Los Angeles to Shanghai use?
Services from Los Angeles to Shanghai by flight leave from Los Angeles LAX 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 Los Angeles to Shanghai?
0 of the 5 operators we sell from Los Angeles 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.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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 Los Angeles to Shanghai on September 14, 2026: 10749 km of route against 10436 km in a straight line, 30 services a day, 5 operators a cheapest fare of €770.09, and 17h 2m 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
Los Angeles reaches 198 places in 41 countries on services we hold, over distances from 42 to 14,124 km. Shanghai reaches 232 places in 48 countries, from 40 to 11,859 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Los Angeles
- 198Places you can leave for
- 41Countries
- 83Operators
Arriving in Shanghai
Leaving Shanghai
- 232Places you can leave for
- 48Countries
- 88Operators