Cheap flights from Los Angeles to Shanghai from C$ 619

In general, January is the cheapest month to fly from Los Angeles to Shanghai. Due to it being the ‘off-season’ during this time, you can expect flight prices to be around C$ 1,148. If you don’t want to visit Shanghai in January, then you should wait until September to fly from Los Angeles, when ticket prices are also cheap, with an average price of C$ 1,159.

Our data shows that Wednesday is the least expensive day to fly to Shanghai. Tickets to fly out on this day can be as low as C$ 843. On the other hand, Thursday is the most expensive day to depart from Los Angeles because it is more convenient for both business and leisure travellers. As a result, prices tend to be around C$ 1,335.

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You are more likely to see cheaper flights to Shanghai from Los Angeles when booking weeks ahead of your departure date. In general, you can expect to find flights to Shanghai for around C$ 1,354 when searching weeks out. However, flight prices might be lower outside of this timeframe. For example, people recently found flights to Shanghai from Los Angeles for as low as C$ 1,060 on momondo.

Historically, on average around 35% of flights between Los Angeles and Shanghai have experienced a delay on any given week. The average delay length over the past 12 months has been 365 minutes.

Generally, flights departing in the early afternoon tend to experience fewer delays. Flights departing at night have, in the past, seen delays more frequently in comparison.

Saturday is statistically the day of the week that experiences the fewest delays on this flight route. Thursday has historically seen more delays on average compared to the rest of the week.

According to our data, China Southern has had the least delays on this route over the last 12 months, with about 16% of their flights experiencing any sort of delay.

The number of flights available between Los Angeles and Shanghai is 1 per day as of October 2026. The most frequent departure time is 12:00p.m., with 100% of daily flights leaving in the afternoon.

As of October 2026, 8 flights take off from Los Angeles and land in Shanghai each week. The most common flight departure day for this route is Fri, with 50% of weekly flights taking off on this day.