$488 Find cheap flights from San Francisco to Shanghai

In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from San Francisco to Shanghai was $488 for a one-way ticket and $1,026 for a round-trip.

Yes, you'll most likely have to show a valid passport before boarding the plane in San Francisco and on arrival in Shanghai.

We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

SkyTeam, Star Alliance, and oneworld are the airline alliances operating flights between San Francisco and Shanghai, with Star Alliance being the most commonly used for this route.

Taipei City is the most popular layover city among KAYAK users traveling from San Francisco 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 San Francisco to Shanghai.

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

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 to Shanghai with an airline and back to San Francisco with another airline.

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 to Shanghai from San Francisco up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.