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Cheap Flights from Riyadh to Shanghai

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Riyadh to Shanghai that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from Riyadh to Shanghai

Tue, Sep 15 - Mon, Sep 21
Air China Logo
8:05 pm - 4:00 pm
RUH
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SHA
14h 55m
1 stop
Air China Logo
3:25 pm - 6:05 pm
SHA
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RUH
31h 40m
1 stop
1,841 ﷼Air China
Thu, Nov 19 - Sun, Nov 29
China Eastern Logo
9:10 pm - 11:50 am
RUH
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PVG
9h 40mnonstop
China Eastern Logo
12:05 pm - 7:10 pm
PVG
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RUH
12h 05mnonstop
1,956 ﷼China Eastern
Sat, Sep 12 - Sat, Sep 19
Air India Logo
5:25 pm - 8:20 pm
RUH
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PVG
21h 55m
1 stop
Air India Logo
10:00 pm - 4:25 pm
PVG
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RUH
23h 25m
1 stop
2,211 ﷼Air India
Wed, Nov 25 - Sun, Nov 29
China Eastern Logo
9:10 pm - 11:50 am
RUH
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PVG
9h 40mnonstop
China Eastern Logo
12:05 pm - 7:10 pm
PVG
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RUH
12h 05mnonstop
2,299 ﷼China Eastern
Mon, Nov 30 - Sat, Dec 12
China Southern Logo
12:05 am - 10:15 pm
RUH
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SHA
17h 10m
1 stop
China Southern Logo
11:25 am - 10:30 pm
SHA
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RUH
16h 05m
1 stop
2,617 ﷼China Southern
Sun, Oct 25 - Sun, Nov 15
China Southern Logo
12:05 am - 10:15 pm
RUH
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SHA
17h 10m
1 stop
China Southern Logo
8:50 pm - 10:05 pm
SHA
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RUH
30h 15m
1 stop
2,617 ﷼China Southern
Mon, Aug 24 - Tue, Sep 1
Qatar Airways Logo
9:40 pm - 4:20 pm
RUH
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PVG
13h 40m
1 stop
Qatar Airways Logo
6:50 pm - 10:15 am
PVG
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RUH
20h 25m
1 stop
2,765 ﷼Qatar Airways
Wed, Sep 2 - Wed, Sep 9
Qatar Airways Logo
6:20 pm - 4:20 pm
RUH
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PVG
17h 00m
1 stop
Qatar Airways Logo
6:50 pm - 10:15 am
PVG
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RUH
20h 25m
1 stop
2,773 ﷼Qatar Airways
Mon, Oct 26 - Wed, Nov 18
Gulf Air Logo
10:25 pm - 11:55 am
RUH
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PVG
32h 30m
1 stop
Gulf Air Logo
4:30 pm - 11:00 am
PVG
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RUH
23h 30m
1 stop
12,950 ﷼Gulf Air
Mon, Oct 26 - Sun, Nov 15
Gulf Air Logo
10:25 pm - 11:55 am
RUH
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PVG
32h 30m
1 stop
Gulf Air Logo
7:00 pm - 2:45 pm
PVG
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RUH
24h 45m
1 stop
12,950 ﷼Gulf Air
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Riyadh to Shanghai flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Riyadh to Shanghai to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

How much is a round-trip flight from Riyadh to Shanghai?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Riyadh to Shanghai departing in September.

Flight prices are typical for this route right now.

Flights to Shanghai from Riyadh usually cost between 1,512 ﷼ and 2,610 ﷼ in September.
The lowest price found in the past 5 days was 1,841 ﷼ on Air China (Sep 15-Sep 21).

What is the cheapest Riyadh to Shanghai flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest ticket to Shanghai from Riyadh found in the last 5 days was to Shanghai, at 2,790 ﷼ round-trip. The most popular route is from Riyadh (RUH) to Shanghai Pu Dong Airport (PVG), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was 2,790 ﷼.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Shanghai?

The average price for all round-trip flights from Riyadh to Shanghai depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Shanghai is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost 2,738 ﷼ on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Shanghai is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is 2,738 ﷼.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Riyadh to Shanghai?

The average round-trip price for all non-stop flights, flights with one layover, and flights with two layovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

Yes, flying with a layover may cost you more time, but you can also save money on the route, with a 2 stops layover the cheapest option at 2,573 ﷼ on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Riyadh to Shanghai?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Riyadh to Shanghai, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from Riyadh to Shanghai is January, when tickets cost 1,597 ﷼ (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are May and September, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is 2,776 ﷼ and 2,680 ﷼ respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Riyadh to Shanghai?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Riyadh to Shanghai, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Riyadh to Shanghai, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 25 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low season

February
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 3% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 7% increase in price.

FAQs - booking Shanghai flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Riyadh to Shanghai?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Riyadh to Shanghai.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Riyadh to Shanghai?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Riyadh to Shanghai is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Riyadh to Shanghai?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly from Riyadh to Shanghai with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Riyadh to Shanghai?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying from Riyadh to Shanghai up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • How many flights are there between Riyadh and Shanghai per day?

    There is a maximum of 1 nonstop flight a day that takes off from Riyadh and lands in Shanghai, with an average flight time of 10h 30m. The most common departure time is 9:00 pm and most flights take off in the evening. Each week, there are 5 flights.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying from Riyadh to Shanghai

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Riyadh to Shanghai. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Riyadh to Shanghai? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
7.6
Cathay PacificOverall score based on 1435 reviews
7.6Comfort
8.1Crew
7.7Entertainment
7.3Food
7.9Boarding
Airline reviews

Everything was good; they still provided a sandwich snack. Good crew

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Jul 2026
HKG - CAN
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Everything was good; they still provided a sandwich snack. Good crew

Better food quality and suggest using the 777 for the HKG-BOS leg instead of the A330 since the seat pitch seems better on the Boeing.

The legroom in economy on an A321 is wholly inadequate for a 6’3” man. Deeply dissatisfied.

I do not think there was much that could have been done to make it better. The delayed flight was due to bad weather. The turbulent patches were very unavoidable. Am simply thankful that there were no sudden and / or sharp drops during the flight. I do extend my compliments to captain Marcus I believe was his name and the rest of the crew. They all did an excellent job. My only question is whether I get a refund since the seats I had chosen and paid for were reassigned.

Overall, not good. Super late boarding in Hong Kong because some last minute issue with a plane. The boarding process is chaotic. Kathy Pacific should seek to do better with punctual departure time. Caused a lot of trouble with missed connecting flight.

The only problem I had was not being able to download my boarding passes prior to arriving at the airport. Everything else was perfect.

It was okay overall but the food was very, very bad.

Not good. Small seats. Not enough food that customers wanted. No special requests were given that i could see. Slow response from flight attendants

The employees are very nice and good. The delay due to the aircraft is not a good thing. Planning for such problems should be an easy task.

Flight delayed in NYC and missed Hong Kong connecting flight to Guangzhou. While being given a hotel room and a 30 dollar voucher to eat in the airport, the delay caused a few big inconveniences , a 12 hour delay should have been better compensated for.

Flight canceled twice. Second cancellation with no notice. Qatar only got me to Copenhagen even thou flight from Copenhagen to Helsinki was code shared with QR they made me purchase a separate ticket for over 200€. At check in only 1 check in was allowed. I had to argue with staff to allow the second, carry-on sized, bag to be checked in for free. My original tix allowed 2 full size luggage as checked luggage. My 14+hr flight turned into a 60+ hr journey. 😢

The seat cushions are absolutely lacking, not sure if they know the passengers are traveling for 14 hours straight, but the padding made our back and butt ache like crazy. The entertainment console had its own problems, either the headphone jack wasn't working or the power outlet via usb or ac outlet was not working. Not to mention the seat handles were not adjustable in some planes in the middle or on the aisle. Qatar/Indigo may be operating a very old fleet of planes to make as much profit as possible, but passengers may not be following them for long, should this treatment of its customers continue. Qatar/Indigo, wake up and do it right by your customers, or they may not be your customers anymore.

The American/Hollywood movies in the entertainment system lack english subtitles, they tend to have only arabic subtitles. Coupled with the low quality airplane earphones and cabin noise, it sometimes is difficult to follow the movie dialogues.

Was downgraded from business to economy due to a faulty seat in business class. However when I boarded the plane there were no less than 5 free business class seats. Will never fly Qatar Airways again

For a short flight, Qatar Airways offers very good onboard service.

It was a really long flight from Doha to Philadelphia and it was overall a good one. The one area that I would comment on is that there is a lot of single-use plastic and disposables in the meal service for American Airlines. It would be great to see more circular options in the meal service to reduce the amount of waste.

It was the terrific, I was promoted to businessman class, and the service was amazing.

Bag check in at DC was slow. Boarding process was slow more due to customers unfamiliar with how to board properly. Food and service was excellent!

Bus from gate to plane waited more than 30 minutes in a freezing temperatures of a/c. Plane temperature was very cold .

Air hostess crew was not around much to collect trash. They skipped me a few times on coffee and water. One time I was not give my drink, (sparkling wine) until I was done with my meal. I have no idea why I could not have received it on time. The flight was fine but the crew was rare to be seen except for food service.

We were taking the flight MU 8649 from Shanghai to Osaka and the original boarding gate was 20 and we didn’t receive any notification or broadcast about gate changes, and by the time we missed the original boarding time we check thr electric board and realized the gate was changed to 208 Also the flight was delayed by almost an hour and the crew member didn’t provide any explanation, after we finally boarded the aircraft was very hot, the crew member told me the air conditioning was not working and tried to calm passages down by offering iced water, all of us sat in the aircraft for another 40 mins before it finally took off

Seats not comfortable. We had requested vegan meal and it wasn’t given.

I was denied boarding at the Brisbane airport and it seems like I won’t get any refunds from the airline

Wow very impressed by the quality and attentiveness of service of China Southern. Lived the blankets! Will definitely fly with them again. Despite language barriers, a few attendants know enough English to understand our rudimentary Mandarin and respond to basic questions. Although they don’t explain the beverage and meal service on the website or ticketing documents, they offered regular beverage cart and snacks during the beginning hours and end hours of the long, transoceanic flight. A full meal at the beginning and end of the flight as well, and a midflight small sandwich (dinner roll sized) but we weren’t hungry and didn’t try that one. The expectation is that every sleeps during the middle of the flight. We were on a “redeye” departure from LAX with a morning arrival in China, so I don’t know if this service pattern is the same for other flights. The domestic flight we took from Guangzhou to Harbin offered conventional refreshments and meals like a US flight service. Note that they didn’t offer diet sodas. If you like to stay hydrated, I recommend bringing plenty of your own. It is served in small cups like any other drink. You can ask for a bottle but they’re tiny - about 6 ounces.

China Southern was not the problem. I booked my flight through Kayak and also received a booking reference and alert details regarding departure time and gate numbers… however Kayak NEVER actually booked my flight! We were stranded at the airport without a flight for a long awaited holiday!

Terrible boarding experience,,food is very poor that I I . Never going book this airline again.

The crew were kind, patient and responsive. The service was excellent, even though we travelled the cheapest economy class. We arrived at our destination 40 min early, which for a 15+ hour flight is a great bonus. The boarding seemed a bit "loose", but got us boarded on time, and the plane was off exactly @ 0:30 hrs.

The airport didn‘t give me the ticket. I called customer service to ask for a refund but they kept giving me a perfunctory response and refused to refund me.

The flight was delayed hours and most flights from CS are always delayed. Plane was efficient and got us home but not the best food and no entertainment system at all.

The back of the chair - premium economy could not move back - not worth the price

It was just fine. The sirlines did live up fully to my expectation.

While boarding at PVG, there was a ticket checking by the gate, then there was another ticket checking right at the bottom of the escalator, which created quite a dangerous congestion. Don't understand why the duplication?

I was traveling alone with an infant, so the crew was incredibly helpful. Both the international and subsequent domestic flights were impeccable.

The flight was delayed by 2 hours, although to their credit they delayed my connecting flight so people could reach it. Also their site is a nightmare to navigate on a phone. Everything else was good.

China Eastern as a member of Sky Alliance airlines should have the same standards overall of their partners, Besides the seats comforts everything else is bellow the standard for a business class travelers.

2 parts to the journey. First leg covered in a newer plane with decent staff + POOR FOOD QUALITY but the second half didn’t leave a positive impression at all as the plane itself was an older built and the crew didn’t serve properly. Language is an issue with China Eastern flights as always, but unmotivated crew just makes it even bad.

Small plane with only two lavatories at the back. You must have a good plan to use it before or after the meal, if you make a bad decision, you will end up with standing in front of the toilet for a while till the food carts empty. The good thing is even there’s a slightly delayed, the plane is still arriving on time which is superb!!

Excellent! I had read some negative reviews but I found out that it was not all was not true! The staff was courteous and helpful. The flight take off and landing was nice & easy. The food was good! I asked for a second and I got it easily and without an attitude! All was wonderful!

The crew were excellent, service amazing, blankets and pillow good, cabin temperature perfect, the flight on time, food was unusual selection however plentiful, price for tickets unbeatable through Kayak. Older aeroplanes used by China Eastern was the only down side.

Reasonable. What they offer during the flight is not great, but the crew is polite and try to compensate it.

More entertainment channels and better food, whatever food requirement you select.

The Senior Flight attendant was just amazing on our Flight GF 284 on 30/11/25. She was so attentive, helpful and caring not just to us but to all in our cabin.

Loading was on time and quick Not very many people

Did not have to leave plane. However found the wait tiring with nearly a full plane boarding at Male and being unable to get out of seat due to cleaners security and a full plane boarding with hand luggage. Staff were excellent despite a long and tiring flight due to stopover.

The boarding was late. The check-in board said boarding closed but the boarding hadn't even started. I have spine issue but not eligible for wheelchair since I can walk. But we were taken to a plane with stairs to climb. I requested support with the handcarry and was told that I shouldn't have booked this flight without wheelchair. Instead this information should be public if this plane has sky bridge or stairs. The infotainment system did not work either. And the plane was very loud with very less legroom in economy.

Food could have been better Entertainment was absent even in Business Class

The drinks should come before food. Unable to have any fluid unless after food. Thanks

Aereo nuovissimo e con tanti servizi malgrado la durata del volo Spazio per le gambe ridottk

Aircraft was new and comfertable .on time. Cabin crews, which I got english language pronounce was very difficult to understand .ovee all ok flight

Few people on the plane - Was great! The plane was late to board and over an hour late to arrive. They said it was airport control. How can these things not be booked it advance? Very frustrating!

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