Shanghai to Los Angeles runs about 30 times a day, with the first departure around 06:18 and the last around 20:13. One passenger pays between €815.52 and €991.93, 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
€815.52 to €991.93
- 171%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Shanghai
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.
- 06:18First departure
- 20:13Last 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 €1,774.86Mon14
- 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
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 Los Angeles. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Los Angeles for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Shanghai to Los Angeles
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €996.0690 days
- €820.8360 days
- €711.0945 days
- €655.6330 days
- €909.9221 days
- €1,157.7214 days
- €1,521.167 days
- €1,632.083 days
- €1,774.861 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €655.63.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 171 percent. The most expensive point is €1,774.86, 1 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 Shanghai to Los Angeles and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
15 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.
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-east.
Who lives at each end
24,874,500 → 3,820,914
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 Los Angeles Union Station
Most of the points near Los Angeles Union Station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Shanghai to Los Angeles
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 Shanghai to Los Angeles?
The fastest journey from Shanghai to Los Angeles takes 17h 2m door to door, of which 13h 55m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 18h 10m, 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 Shanghai to Los Angeles?
The cheapest fare from Shanghai to Los Angeles is €815.52, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €1,421.45. 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 Shanghai to Los Angeles?
The cheapest way from Shanghai to Los Angeles is by flight, at €991.93 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 17h 5m 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 Shanghai to Los Angeles?
Fares from Shanghai to Los Angeles bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €655.63. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 171 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Shanghai to Los Angeles?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Shanghai to Los Angeles, at €991.93. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 13, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Shanghai to Los Angeles?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Shanghai to Los Angeles, 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 Shanghai to Los Angeles?
5 operators sell services from Shanghai to Los Angeles 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 Shanghai to Los Angeles?
Every service we sell from Shanghai to Los Angeles 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 Shanghai to Los Angeles use?
Services from Shanghai to Los Angeles by flight leave from Shanghai SHA and arrive at Los Angeles LAX. 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 Shanghai to Los Angeles?
0 of the 5 operators we sell from Shanghai to Los Angeles 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 Shanghai to Los Angeles on September 13, 2026: 10749 km of route against 10436 km in a straight line, 30 services a day, 5 operators a cheapest fare of €815.52, and 17h 2m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Los Angeles is somebody else's catalog.
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The two ends, compared
Shanghai reaches 232 places in 48 countries on services we hold, over distances from 40 to 11,859 km. Los Angeles reaches 198 places in 41 countries, from 42 to 14,124 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Shanghai
- 232Places you can leave for
- 48Countries
- 88Operators
Arriving in Los Angeles
Leaving Los Angeles
- 198Places you can leave for
- 41Countries
- 83Operators