The honest answer to when you should fly Birmingham to Shanghai is mostly about weather and demand at the far end. On three years of daily observations at the arrival airport, Apr-May, Oct-Nov gives the most comfortable combination of temperature and rainfall in Shanghai.
Averages below come from three full years of daily readings at Shanghai’s main airport, not from a seasonal generalisation. The warmest month is July (average high 33°C), the coolest is January (average low 3°C), and the wettest is June (312 mm).
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Rainfall | Wet days | Birmingham high |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10°C | 3°C | 28 mm | 5 | 6°C |
| February | 10°C | 4°C | 80 mm | 9 | 9°C |
| March | 15°C | 8°C | 72 mm | 8 | 11°C |
| April good | 20°C | 13°C | 116 mm | 12 | 14°C |
| May good | 25°C | 17°C | 108 mm | 9 | 18°C |
| June | 27°C | 22°C | 312 mm | 18 | 21°C |
| July | 33°C | 27°C | 195 mm | 16 | 23°C |
| August | 33°C | 27°C | 154 mm | 14 | 22°C |
| September | 30°C | 25°C | 159 mm | 16 | 18°C |
| October good | 24°C | 19°C | 59 mm | 10 | 14°C |
| November good | 18°C | 12°C | 80 mm | 6 | 10°C |
| December | 12°C | 5°C | 19 mm | 3 | 9°C |
Climate data: Open-Meteo reanalysis archive.
Shanghai runs 7 hours ahead of Birmingham. Travelling east is the harder direction to adjust to, so if the trip is short, an early departure that lands in daylight is worth more than a marginally cheaper overnight.
We publish observed fares for this route when we have them, and say nothing when we do not — there is no estimate on this page. What holds regardless of the route:
Midweek departures are consistently cheaper than Friday and Sunday on most routes, because that is where demand sits rather than because of any pricing trick. Where we have observed fares for Birmingham–Shanghai, the weekday breakdown appears further down this page; where we do not, we leave it out rather than estimate it.
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