When is it cheapest to stay in Shanghai?

The 10 cheapest nights

The 10 cheapest of the next 84 measured nights in Shanghai ask a median of $70 to $73, against $80 across all 84 nights.

Each figure is the median asking price for one night; a date opens that night's places on the town page.

The cheapest 7 nights in a row

The cheapest 7 nights in a row in Shanghai run from 25 January 2027 to 31 January 2027: their nightly medians add up to $512, with a middle night of $73.

• Runs of 7 consecutive measured nights compared: 78; a night that was not measured breaks a run.
• The dearest 7 nights in a row run from 22 November 2026 to 28 November 2026, adding up to $680.

The sum of nightly medians is the 7 nights' median asking prices added together; it is not a price offered for the week.

The cheapest weekend

The cheapest Friday and Saturday nights in Shanghai are 29 January 2027 and 30 January 2027: medians of $73 and $72, $145 for the two nights (sum of nightly medians).

• Weekends compared: 12, each a measured Friday night followed by a measured Saturday night.

Each row is a Friday night and the Saturday night after it; places are counted Friday / Saturday.

Month by month

The cheapest month of the next 84 measured nights in Shanghai: January 2027, a median of $76 over 31 nights; the dearest: November 2026, $87 over 18 nights.

A month counts only its nights in this window, and only with at least 15 of them; its month page also counts nights already past.

Places at $75 or less on the cheapest night

On the cheapest night, 29 November 2026, 52% of the places with a price in Shanghai (105 of 200) asked $75 or less.

$75 is the median of all 84 nights ($80) rounded to a round price, the same ceiling the town page uses; the date opens the list of places by name.

Night-by-night price calendar

Nightly medians in Shanghai over the next 84 measured nights, 13 November 2026 to 4 February 2027, run from $70 to $110; the median of all of them is $80.

A place with no price that night (sold out or closed) is counted but carries no price; a date missing from the table was not measured.

What was measured

Nights measured in Shanghai: 84, from 13 November 2026 to 4 February 2027; each with at least 30 places showing a price.

• Up to 208 places checked per night; a place with no price that night (sold out or closed) is counted but carries no price.
• Prices in USD, as shown on the day each night was read, on 7 November 2026.
• Asking prices seen while searching for one night: not prices paid, and not a forecast; prices move after the scan.