The honest answer to when you should fly Shanghai to Mexico City is mostly about weather and demand at the far end. On three years of daily observations at the arrival airport, Jan-Mar, Nov gives the most comfortable combination of temperature and rainfall in Mexico City.
Averages below come from three full years of daily readings at Mexico City’s main airport, not from a seasonal generalisation. The warmest month is May (average high 29°C), the coolest is January (average low 8°C), and the wettest is June (264 mm).
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Rainfall | Wet days | Shanghai high |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January good | 23°C | 8°C | 7 mm | 2 | 10°C |
| February good | 25°C | 9°C | 10 mm | 2 | 10°C |
| March good | 27°C | 11°C | 14 mm | 4 | 15°C |
| April | 28°C | 13°C | 23 mm | 5 | 20°C |
| May | 29°C | 15°C | 93 mm | 14 | 25°C |
| June | 25°C | 14°C | 264 mm | 22 | 27°C |
| July | 23°C | 13°C | 244 mm | 26 | 33°C |
| August | 23°C | 13°C | 250 mm | 28 | 33°C |
| September | 24°C | 13°C | 227 mm | 24 | 30°C |
| October | 23°C | 11°C | 98 mm | 11 | 24°C |
| November good | 24°C | 10°C | 13 mm | 3 | 18°C |
| December | 21°C | 8°C | 14 mm | 4 | 12°C |
Climate data: Open-Meteo reanalysis archive.
Mexico City runs 14 hours behind Shanghai. Travelling west is generally the easier direction, and you gain usable hours on the day you fly out.
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 Shanghai–Mexico City, the weekday breakdown appears further down this page; where we do not, we leave it out rather than estimate it.
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