The cheapest order to fly Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo from London
There are 6 ways to fly these cities. They do not cost the same. The cheapest works out at about £764 a person and the most expensive at £838, a difference of £74 for visiting exactly the same places.
Fly them in this order
London → Singapore → Tokyo → Shanghai → London
About £764 per person in flights, based on fares recently seen on these routes.
Shown in British pounds, converted from US dollars at today’s rate, so every amount is approximate. In dollars the cheapest order is about $1,025. You pay in the airline’s currency.
Every order, priced
- London → Singapore → Tokyo → Shanghai → London£764cheapest order
- London → Singapore → Shanghai → Tokyo → London£766£2 more per person
- London → Shanghai → Tokyo → Singapore → London£782£18 more per person
- London → Tokyo → Singapore → Shanghai → London£782£18 more per person
- London → Tokyo → Shanghai → Singapore → London£803£39 more per person
- London → Shanghai → Singapore → Tokyo → London£838£74 more per person
Why Singapore first
- London to Singapore£261
- Singapore to Tokyo£157
- Tokyo to Shanghai£138
- Shanghai to London£208
- Out of London, Singapore is the cheapest first stop at about £261. Tokyo would be £357.
- Going home, Shanghai is the cheapest city to leave from at about £208, against £301 from Tokyo.
- Tokyo to Singapore is about £130, but the other way round is £157. Same two cities, £27 apart on direction alone.
- The dearest order pays £303 for London to Shanghai, a flight the cheapest order never takes.
Between the cities
- Singapore to Tokyo: about 5,310 km (3300 miles) as the crow flies. No train or bus we would suggest instead of flying.
- Tokyo to Shanghai: about 1,760 km (1090 miles) as the crow flies. No train or bus we would suggest instead of flying.
Entry rules for Singapore, Japan and China depend on your passport. Check them with UK foreign travel advice before you book.
How much the order matters here
Getting the order right is worth £74 a person on this trip, 10% of what the cheapest way round costs. Of the 107 trips we price in full, that is number 99 for how much the order matters, one of the smaller gaps: on this trip your dates are likely to matter more than the order.
What these numbers are
Cached one-way fares, 12 of 12 legs priced from real observations, put together on November 10, 2026, from fares departing November 10, 2026 onwards. Right for comparing one order with another, not a quote for your dates.
A plan prices your own dates and weighs hours as well as fares, so it can pick a different order from this page.
Put dates on it
Same cities on real dates, plus what one search cannot show: layovers long enough to count as a free city, two tickets that beat one, and cheaper days either side. No account and no card.
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