Cheap flights from Sanya to Warsaw

November is the cheapest month on this route, and the price calendar on this page shows what the other months look like. Late autumn and winter are generally quieter for travel out of Sanya, while the summer months and the run-up to the Lunar New Year holidays push fares up. Polish holidays around Christmas and the New Year, plus the long weekends in spring and early summer, make Warsaw-bound seats harder to find. Flying midweek, Tuesday to Thursday, usually costs less than a weekend departure, and booking a couple of months ahead gives you more choice of connections.

Every option on this route is a connecting flight, so you will usually see a Chinese carrier for the first leg and a longer international leg on top of it. Juneyao Airlines, Shanghai Airlines, China Southern Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, Sichuan Airlines, Shandong Airlines and Xiamen Airlines cover departures from Sanya, while Air China and Hong Kong Airlines show up most often on itineraries that route through a larger hub. Condor is the European carrier in the mix. These are full-service airlines rather than budget carriers, but what is included depends on the fare you pick, so check whether checked baggage and seat selection come with the ticket or cost extra.

Warsaw has two airports, and they are not interchangeable. F. Chopin sits close to the city and is the one most long-haul and connecting itineraries use, with a train, buses and taxis into the centre in well under an hour. Modlin is much further out and mostly handles budget traffic, so getting to town takes a dedicated shuttle bus or a longer taxi ride, and the trip can easily add an hour or more. Check the airport code on your ticket before you book ground transport, and if your itinerary switches airports between legs, leave a generous gap. Arrivals from outside the Schengen area go through passport control at Warsaw, which can be slow at peak times.

Currency

PLZ (zł)

Power sockets

Type C, E · 230 V

Language

Polish

Emergency number

112, 986, 997

Driving side

right

Calling code

+48

Internet domain

.pl

EU / Schengen

EU member, Schengen area

Population of Warsaw

1.9 M (2024)

Time zone

UTC+02 (Europe/Warsaw)

Country facts: Wikidata

• Confirm the ticket really departs from Sanya and not from another city you would need to reach first.
• Check the baggage allowance on every leg, because a connecting itinerary can mix a generous long-haul allowance with a strict short one.
• If you are booking legs separately, leave a long gap in case the first flight is delayed.
• Check the visa and entry rules for Poland well before you fly, and make sure your passport has enough validity.
• Look at the price calendar before you fix your dates, since November is usually the cheapest month on this route.
• Decide whether you want F. Chopin or Modlin in Warsaw, as they are far apart and not easy to swap.