Route · SHA → CAN
Flights from Shanghai to Guangzhou
The 1,176-kilometre hop between Shanghai Hongqiao or Pudong and Guangzhou Baiyun is one of China's busiest domestic corridors, with a typical block time of around one hour fifty minutes that makes it a natural alternative to the four-hour high-speed rail journey on the Guangzhou–Wuhan–Shanghai line. China Southern dominates, given Guangzhou Baiyun is its main hub, and it operates the route frequently on Airbus A320-family jets and occasionally widebody A330s on peak departures; Air China, Shanghai Airlines, Juneyao Airlines, and Shenzhen Airlines fill out a competitive schedule that collectively pushes frequencies into double digits daily. A practical note worth flagging: Shanghai has two airports, and many travellers inadvertently book into Pudong (PVG) only to face a 45-to-60-minute transfer to the city centre rather than the far more central Hongqiao (SHA), so confirm the departure airport before booking. Fares are generally softer in January and February outside the Spring Festival window, and midweek flights typically undercut weekend departures by a meaningful margin.
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Cheapest dates to fly
Live prices · powered by AviasalesThe calendar below pulls live fares from our search partner for Shanghai (SHA) → Guangzhou (CAN). Use the year view… to spot the cheapest week to fly, the day-of-week patterns most travellers miss, and any shoulder-season dips worth shifting your trip around. Prices refresh every few hours, so what you see is what your booking page should look like a moment later — click any date to jump straight to the fare on Aviasales.
Airlines on this route
5 carriersThe 5 carriers we currently track on the Shanghai–Guangzhou route, from full-service flag carriers to low-cost competitors. Tap any airline for its full profile, baggage… rules, fleet context, and a live fare search pre-filtered to that carrier — useful if you're loyal to a frequent-flyer programme, want to compare onboard product on the same dates, or are weighing a cheaper one-stop against a pricier nonstop.
Flights from Shanghai to Guangzhou
Live schedule · powered by AviasalesBelow is the published weekly schedule for nonstop and one-stop services from Shanghai to Guangzhou — the actual flight numbers, departure and arrival times your… booking page will pull from. Use it to plan around departure preferences (early morning vs late evening), see which carriers fly on which weekdays, or pick a connection that lets you sleep in your own bed before a long-haul leg. Click any row to load it directly in the search.
Airport guides
Quick links into the airport profiles at both ends of the route. Each guide covers terminal layout, the airlines that base hubs at SHA and… CAN, the other routes those airports serve, and the ground-transit options most travellers wish they'd read about before landing — the practical context you only really need to know once you've booked, but want to skim before you do.