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Best China Flight Deals from San Diego

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours

Shanghai
Shanghai2 stops$1,047
Beijing
Beijing2 stops$1,042
Guangzhou
Guangzhou2 stops$1,077
Chengdu
Chengdu3 stops$1,621
Shenyang
Shenyang2 stops$1,419
Qingdao
Qingdao2 stops$1,596
Changsha
Changsha2 stops$1,744
Shanghai
Shanghai2 stops$1,047
Beijing
Beijing2 stops$1,042
Guangzhou
Guangzhou2 stops$1,077
Chengdu
Chengdu3 stops$1,621
Shenyang
Shenyang2 stops$1,419
Qingdao
Qingdao2 stops$1,596
Changsha
Changsha2 stops$1,744

Cheap Flights from San Diego to China

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from San Diego to China that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.

Recent round-trip flight deals from San Diego to China

Recommended round-trip deals departing in the coming months from the most popular airlines that fly from San Diego to China.
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8:37 pm - 8:15 pmSAN-PEK
32h 38m2 stops
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8:20 am - 7:46 pmPEK-SAN
26h 26m2 stops
$1,042ANA
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週日, 9月 7 - 週四, 9月 18
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4:55 pm - 8:55 pmSAN-PVG
37h 00m2 stops
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5:50 pm - 7:25 pmPVG-SAN
17h 35m1 stop
$1,047
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週三, 10月 22 - 週三, 11月 5
Air China Logo
11:08 am - 9:55 amSAN-PVG
31h 47m2 stops
Air China Logo
4:30 pm - 11:44 pmPVG-SAN
23h 14m2 stops
$1,138Air China
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週四, 10月 23 - 週四, 11月 6
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10:38 am - 5:45 pmSAN-PVG
16h 07m1 stop
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1:30 pm - 2:58 pmPVG-SAN
17h 28m1 stop
$1,163United Airlines
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週二, 10月 21 - 週五, 11月 7
United Airlines Logo
10:38 am - 5:45 pmSAN-PVG
16h 07m1 stop
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8:25 pm - 10:37 pmPVG-SAN
18h 12m2 stops
$1,168United Airlines
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週二, 10月 21 - 週六, 11月 8
Air China Logo
8:00 am - 10:55 pmSAN-SHA
23h 55m2 stops
Air China Logo
5:30 pm - 11:44 pmSHA-SAN
21h 14m2 stops
$1,182Air China
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週六, 10月 25 - 週五, 10月 31
China Eastern Logo
6:15 am - 12:05 amSAN-PKX
26h 50m2 stops
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1:00 pm - 3:20 pmPKX-SAN
41h 20m2 stops
$1,259China Eastern
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週四, 9月 18 - 週日, 10月 5
Delta Logo
10:10 pm - 3:20 pmSAN-PVG
26h 10m1 stop
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7:05 pm - 10:49 pmPVG-SAN
19h 44m1 stop
$1,373Delta
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週六, 10月 25 - 週日, 11月 2
Delta Logo
7:00 am - 3:25 pmSAN-PVG
17h 25m1 stop
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7:05 pm - 6:00 pmPVG-SAN
14h 55m1 stop
$1,376Delta
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週日, 10月 19 - 週五, 11月 7
China Eastern Logo
6:15 am - 11:20 amSAN-PKX
38h 05m2 stops
China Eastern Logo
1:00 pm - 3:20 pmPKX-SAN
41h 20m2 stops
$1,572China Eastern
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週四, 9月 18 - 週日, 10月 5
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KAYAK's insights & trends for San Diego to China flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from San Diego to China to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest month to fly from San Diego to China?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from San Diego to China, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from San Diego to China is April, when tickets cost $1,099 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and December, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $2,295 and $2,084 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from San Diego to China?

The average price of all round-trip flights from San Diego to China clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

If you are looking for a flight deal from San Diego to China, look for departures on Thursdays and avoid leaving on a Saturday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from China, Tuesday is the cheapest day to fly and Wednesday is the most expensive.


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Low seasonAugust
High seasonMay
Cheapest flight$527
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 4% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 5% increase in price.
Flight from San Diego to Shanghai Pudong Airport

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  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from San Diego to China?

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  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from San Diego to China?

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

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to China?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to China is generally in the evening, when round-trip flights cost $1,397 on average. Morning departures are around 15% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to China is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,674.

Top 5 airlines serving from San Diego to China

Need help choosing which airline to fly with from San Diego to China? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.0
DeltaOverall score based on 7934 reviews
7.9Comfort
8.5Crew
7.9Entertainment
7.3Food
8.2Boarding
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Delta flight was on time, seats were comfortable, and crew was nice.

8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Apr 2025LAX - DEN
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Delta flight was on time, seats were comfortable, and crew was nice.

Bathrooms dirty sinks clogged. No one seemed to clean them. Plane very old

Thank you for not flipping the plane on the run way. You guys get a 5 star rating for the flight!!!

Boarding is, as it always is… horrible. Gate lice. Slow moving zones. Too many people with carry ons

It was terrible, if they ran flights on time it would make a big difference.

Delta seems to be improving in many areas, except they are super bad with the food available. Bring back normal food service on long flights.

I actually received a notification from kayak on email but not one by text from Delta when my departure gait changed and I almost missed my flight

New boarding doesn't make sense. Filling front first is slow.

Delta flight was great from the check in all the way to arrival. However, I had a very bad experience. I requested a wheelchair and the wheelchair employee that went to pick me up from the plane in Boston to bring me to the baggage claims told me I have to pay him. I was under the impression that it was a free service and I usually give tips but the person forced me to pay and since I said no because I was upset with his demand when my daughter walked in to pick me up he demanded payment from my daughter who paid him thinking maybe now it is a charged service.

Horrible. Grateful to be alive but spent 13 hours at airport only to return back to my familys house and flight changed to next day. They tried to fix a part on plane, had no back up plane and after 10 hours , reattempted the flight and it STILL wasn't fixed. We got a meal voucher and rescheduled flight but there should be some other compensation for the 15 hours spent in airport

Everything is good except the dinner and breakfast. The sandwich is very delicious. Toilet is clean, I only use one of them. Flight attendants are very nice. 👍👍

The gate was too far away for the connecting flight

Compared with other carriers business class for an overnight was not worth the extra expense.

Seats were comfortable. It’s was so cold and very uncomfortable. I paid 2000 miles for wifi service that was choppy the whole flight. Would like to be reimbursed for my miles Food was so disappointing. Three cold and terrible meals for $3000 round trip. This needs to be better.

Easy to board. Flight was super crowded though so I didn't sleep well on that cross country red-eye flight. The aisles seem ot have gotten narrower and the seat smaller whn luggage and people are getting bigger so it would be AWESOME to have more space and breathing room in general ;)

Pilot Erika DeLong made us feel safe and at ease in a frankly scary time to be flying. Her warm smile and greeting and excellent command of the aircraft in foggy bumpy weather helped us all to calm our nerves and get us home safely.

Plenty of room for me and the cat in Premium Economy. Seat was comfortable. Boarding was a breeze. The lady at the special check-in desk was great, super helpful and professional.

Smooth flight. As always dinner could have been more generous. Breakfast was great.

AWFUL. I have had the experience of traveling with many airlines across the world, and hands down United Airlines is the worst. Not one flight was on time, and I don’t think I met one crew member or staff member who wasn’t rude.

Old and out of date plane, it seem like every time I fly with united there’s and issue. We were delayed,

Communication between the captain/crew and the passengers needs to be improved.

Food and service are good. Bathroom was lack of lotions and cleaning. That should be improved.

Food & service very good next I will pick up again

Chinese flight attendants didn't speak english well. They didn't care enough to remember that I (east asian who isn't Chinese) wasn't Chinese and spoke English. Announcement in english on board was poor and I find it very difficult to understand what was announced. Also, a cabin bag allows only 5kg!

Chinese flight attendants didn't speak english well. They didn't care enough to remember that I (east asian who isn't Chinese) wasn't Chinese and spoke English. Announcement in english on board was poor and I find it very difficult to understand what was announced.

Everything was not satisfactory - the flight was delayed, staffs were ok but they didn't speak English well. I am from east Asia (not Chinese) and they didn't care enough to remember that I wasn't Chinese but persistently spoke chinese to me. The flight announcement in english wasn't clear to understand.

I wish I had been able to choose a vegetarian meal. Crew friendly and helpful. Seat was ok. All quite efficient and pleasant. Would recommend for inner China travel for sure.

The flight is not bad, but the Business Lounge is not big enough for the quantity of people they accept and there is a limited options for food and beverages.

It was simply bad and on top of that my luggage hasn't been delivered until now. They can't even localize it which is just unacceptable when they are supposed to scan the bar code they put when we check in

We bought premium Economy, thinking it would be more comfortable, but the seat is so narrow ,that my legs and feet are swollen , I can't wear shoes !

Super surprised with the entire experience. Business class is incredible. Flight attendants around the world could learn customer service from these people. Simply fabulous experience all the way around.

Pillow and blanket are dirty. My son got multiple bites during the flight

Flight was on time. My group paid for seat’s so that us four can be seated next to each other. We all got separated. We all got middle seats, which made it more difficult to be able to get up and stretch or use the restroom. We tried talking to the employees at China Eastern and they were of no help. We will not be taking this flight or recommend this route to others in the future. Also I will be contacting customer service on how I can get our money back for paying for assigned seats.

China eastern was fantastic. I had read so many bad reviews that had made me nervous. However, I found that the flight attendant’s, and customer service check in etc. etc. was excellent. I had no problems. I would fly with them again!

Excellent! I had read some negative reviews but I found out that it was not all was not true! The staff was courteous and helpful. The flight take off and landing was nice & easy. The food was good! I asked for a second and I got it easily and without an attitude! All was wonderful!

Excellent experience however older aeroplanes used by China Eastern Airlines.

The crew were excellent, service amazing, blankets and pillow good, cabin temperature perfect, the flight on time, food was unusual selection however plentiful, price for tickets unbeatable through Kayak. Older aeroplanes used by China Eastern was the only down side.

Delay in off-boarding due to customs at SFO... pilot announcement should have come earlier so passengers don't clog aisles.

Better good than most, if not all European airlines. If you’re stuck in an economy seat anyways, China Eastern is a good choice because of shorter flight time, being able to overfly Russia

The temperature of the plane cabin is too hot. Sweat and uncomfortable. Also my food tray was broken down drinks fall off

Short flight so no food or entertainment. Good landing at SFO and on time. We were told no carryon luggage yet lots of people were puting bags in overhead compartments. The rules need to be made more clear. I was on the first leg of an international flight and this is the first time I could not have carryon luggage.

Poor air traffic controller staffing led to a 50%reduction on flights so we got to wait 4 hrs for our flight! Very disorganized at the gate Poor communication with customers

No Charging ports for personal electronics, which were required to use wifi entertainment.

They are a great airline, and i enjoying flying with them. However my experience with booking through Kayak was a horrible experience. With all the restrictions and glitches of website. My entire bookings by kayak was wrong. And there was no possible way of fixing anything with them, because they hand over responsibility to the airline after purchase is made. Will not be booking through Kayak again and will inform my family and friends not to as well.

I liked nothing about this flight nor the incredible lack of service and communication on this flight from the Captain to every staff member. Arrogant, entitled and lacking any kind of basic customer service

I booked my flight ni November and was placed on standby? How does this happen. Flight was 1 1/2 hours late departure plane was switched to a smaller plane easy to tell this is a government run company they don’t care about anyone

Plane was old, cabin was small, overhead bins were small, seats really uncomfortable, no seat-back entertainment

Excellent crew, great food despite catering issues. We need more people like this.

1. The PA system was painfully loud. 2. Overhead bin #33 was missing—I find this troubling.

I had a disappointing experience at the San Diego airport with one of your gate agents. Despite being in Zone 4 and traveling with a standard carry-on bag that has never been an issue (30 flights in Q4 alone), the tall, blonde gentleman forced me to gate-check my bag. When I politely asked if we could verify the bag’s size, he became confrontational, even threatening to deny me boarding twice. His behavior appeared erratic and unprofessional, projecting a negative attitude onto passengers, as if he was going through something mentally. Notably, there was ample overhead space once all passengers had boarded. In contrast, the tall, older Asian agent handled the situation with professionalism and calmness, making a clear effort to de-escalate. As an avid traveler, this unnecessary inconvenience set a frustrating tone for my trip to Asia.

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