Beijing (PEK) to Guangzhou (CAN): 1,169 miles (1,881 km) great-circle, about 2h 50m nonstop by our estimate. Cheapest fare observed: $323 round-trip on Hainan Airlines, nonstop, departing May 13, 2026.
$323 round-trip, Hainan Airlines HU7815, departing 2026-05-13 at 20:30, returning 2026-05-16. The recorded itinerary left on a Wednesday, returning on a Saturday 3 nights later; the fare was observed 18 days before departure. "Book this flight" opens Kiwi.com with the same airline and dates.
At $323, it ranked 10th of the 30 round-trip fares we recorded from PEK (median $408). That is 27.6 cents per great-circle mile (round-trip price over one-way distance), close to the PEK median of 26.1 cents across 30 round-trip routes.
Routes from PEK of similar length: Hong Kong (1,238 mi) at $182 and Osaka (1,095 mi) at $299.
Hainan Airlines had the cheapest fare on 4 of 30 PEK routes. It is the 23rd longest of the 30 routes we track from PEK.
Of 28 departure airports with a fare to Guangzhou, Beijing (PEK) ranked 11th at $323. Lowest: $192 from Hanoi (HAN); highest: $1335 from San Francisco (SFO); 7 nonstop. Cheapest-fare airlines (routes): Cathay Pacific (4), Air China (3), 9 Air (2), China Eastern (2), Hainan Airlines (2) and Qatar (2), plus 11 more.
The reverse, Guangzhou (CAN) to Beijing (BJS), was $243 round-trip on 9 Air, nonstop, departing May 23, 2026. Guangzhou to Beijing flights.
Travelpayouts fares (cheapest per route, observed April 25, 2026); OurAirports coordinates and elevations; IANA zones Asia/Shanghai, Asia/Shanghai; flight time is our estimate.