Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) to Shanghai (SHA): 1,693 miles (2,724 km) great-circle, about 3h 55m nonstop by our estimate. Cheapest fare observed: $245 round-trip on Shenzhen Airlines, with 1 stop, departing May 19, 2026.
$245 round-trip, Shenzhen Airlines ZH118, departing 2026-05-19 at 02:50, returning 2026-05-24. The recorded itinerary left on a Tuesday, returning on a Sunday 5 nights later; the fare was observed 24 days before departure. "Book this flight" opens Kiwi.com with the same airline and dates.
At $245, it ranked 14th of the 30 round-trip fares we recorded from SGN (median $257). That is 14.5 cents per great-circle mile (round-trip price over one-way distance), below the SGN median of 21.2 cents across 30 round-trip routes.
Routes from SGN of similar length: Bali (1,473 mi) at $225 and Beijing (2,111 mi) at $274.
Shenzhen Airlines had the cheapest fare on 2 of 30 SGN routes. It is the 16th longest of the 30 routes we track from SGN.
Of 32 departure airports with a fare to Shanghai, Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) ranked 6th at $245. Lowest: $183 from Seoul (ICN); highest: $1810 from Buenos Aires (EZE); 11 nonstop. Cheapest-fare airlines (routes): Spring Airlines (5), AirAsia (3), China Eastern (3), Air China (2), Qatar (2) and Xiamen Airlines (2), plus 15 more.
Travelpayouts fares (cheapest per route, observed April 25, 2026); OurAirports coordinates and elevations; IANA zones Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh, Asia/Shanghai; flight time is our estimate.