Cheap Flights to Guangzhou (CAN) from UK Airports

Guangzhou Cheapest Fares

The lowest fare found to Guangzhou (CAN) was £394 with Air China and the cheapest direct flight was £496 with British Airways. The fares shown here are the lowest flight prices to Guangzhou obtained in actual searches by Just The Flight customers. To search and book flights to Guangzhou in 2025 and 2026, please enter your requirements and click the search button above.

Useful Information about Guangzhou

• Usually the month offering the lowest fares is May with an average ticket costing £389

• The cheapest price we have found was £386 departing the week of 26 Feb 2017 with prices averaging £389

• The nearest airports to Guangzhou include Shenzhen approximately 61 miles and Hong Kong around 84 miles away

• Airlines which offer the cheapest fares to Guangzhou include Air China, Turkish Airlines and Air France with the most popular being Turkish Airlines

• Guangzhou's time zone is 8 hours difference from the UK

• Passengers staying for 11 days and travelling on a Sunday tend to find the best fares to Guangzhou

The Chinese Spring Festival in Guangzhou

The Chinese Spring Festival or Lunar New Year is the most important of the traditional Chinese festivals. It takes place in late January or early February and is filled with traditional activities. There are red lanterns, festival couplets, fairs, prayers, fireworks and lion dances, meaning all the traditional Chinese celebrations are rolled into one enormous festival at this destination. Guangzhou makes an ideal holiday destination to experience China at its best.

The Guangzhou museums have dozens of Spring Festival exhibitions including special exhibitions related to the upcoming Chinese year, as well as special courses for foreigners in things like Chinese cooking and lantern making.

The annual Spring Festival fireworks display in Guangzhou takes place on a night in early February, lighting up the skies above the city. The Opera House and Xinghai Concert Hall have Spring Festival concerts with classical singing and traditional dancing and music. Everywhere you go in Guangzhou during the Spring Festival is dedicated to flowers with beautiful exhibitions.

The legend of the Spring Festival is based on is about a demon called Nian who plagued people in the winter. The people realised that Nian was afraid of the colour red, flames and loud noises, so they put out red couplets on their gates, set off fireworks and beat drums and gongs to drive Nian away. Nian fled and the custom of celebrating the Spring Festival began.

The Guangzhou International Airport is the second busiest airport in China and has flights from airports in the Far East, Australia, North America and European cities.