There are 10 ways to get from Almaty to Shanghai by plane, bus, train, or car
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Fly to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
best- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA)plane ALA - SHA
10h 34m¥1,601–2,566Bus, train #2
cheapest- Take the bus from Almaty Sayran Bus Station to Ürümqibus 412
- Take the train from Ürümqi to Shanghai stationtrain Ürümqi
2d 12h¥435–1,330Bus, train
- Take the bus from Almaty Sayran Bus Station to Ürümqibus
- Take the train from Ürümqi to Yinchuantrain
- Take the train from Yinchuan to Shanghai Hongqiaotrain
2d 6h¥1,190–1,815Bus, train via Lanzhou
- Take the bus from Almaty Sayran Bus Station to Ürümqibus
- Take the train from Ürümqi to Lanzhoutrain
- Take the bus from Lanzhou to Yinchuan Nanmen Stationbus
- Take the bus from Yinchuan Nanmen Station to Shanghaibus
3d 2h¥1,003–1,548Drive 4,819.2 km
- Drive from Almaty to Shanghaicar 4,819.2 km
2d¥4,191–6,054Fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane ALA - PVG
9h 5m¥1,674–4,160Fly to Sunan Shuofang International Airport, train
- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Sunan Shuofang International Airport (WUX)plane ALA - WUX
- Take the train from Wuxi to Shanghai stationtrain
12h 15m¥1,236–5,179Fly to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, train
- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH)plane ALA - HGH
- Take the train from Hangzhou East to Shanghai Hongqiaotrain
11h 2m¥1,447–2,488Fly to Nantong Xingdong Airport, bus
- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Nantong Xingdong Airport (NTG)plane ALA - NTG
- Take the bus from Jiangsu Tongzhou to Shanghai Zongzhanbus
13h 16m¥1,488–4,816Train, drive
- Take the train from Almaty 1 to Kerimagashtrain
- Drive from Kerimagash to Yiningcar
- Take the train from Yining to Ürümqitrain
- Take the train from Ürümqi to Shanghai stationtrain
2d 8h¥675–1,465
Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Almaty to Shanghai is to bus and train which costs ¥430 - ¥1400 and takes 2 days 12h.
The fastest way to get from Almaty to Shanghai is to fly which takes 9h 5m and costs ¥1600 - ¥4200.
The distance between Almaty and Shanghai is 4121 km. The road distance is 4819.2 km.
The best way to get from Almaty to Shanghai without a car is to bus and train which takes 2 days 6h and costs ¥1100 - ¥1900.
It takes approximately 10h 34m to get from Almaty to Shanghai, including transfers.
Shanghai is 3h ahead of Almaty. It is currently 9:06 AM in Almaty and 12:06 PM in Shanghai.
Yes, the driving distance between Almaty to Shanghai is 4819 km. It takes approximately 2 days 0h to drive from Almaty to Shanghai.
There are 1667+ hotels available in Shanghai.
What companies run services between Almaty, Kazakhstan and Shanghai, China?
China Southern Airlines, Air China, and Juneyao Airlines fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) 5 times a day.
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–2,400
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–2,400
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–2,400
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–2,400
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–2,500
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–5,500
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–6,000
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–2,400
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–2,400
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–2,400
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–7,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–2,300
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–4,100
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–4,200
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–4,400
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–6,500
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–5,500
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–4,100
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–4,800
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–7,500
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–2,400
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–5,500
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–6,500
- Website
- shenzhenair.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–5,500
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–6,500
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–7,500
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–4,200
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–7,500
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–7,500
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–7,000
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–6,000
- Website
- loongair.cn
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–3,900
- Website
- rlair.net
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–4,800
Train from Ürümqi to Yinchuan
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥170–430
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Hard/Soft Seat
- ¥170–260
- Hard Sleeper
- ¥360–430
- Soft Sleeper
- ¥550–700
Train from Yinchuan to Shanghai Hongqiao
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥900–1,000
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥900–1,000
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥1,400–1,700
- Business Class Seat
- ¥2,100–3,100
Train from Wuxi to Shanghai station
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥59–65
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥59–65
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥95–105
- Business Class Seat
- ¥130–190
Train from Hangzhou East to Shanghai Hongqiao
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥70–80
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥70–80
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥115–130
- Business Class Seat
- ¥160–240
Train from Ürümqi to Lanzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥170–450
- Schedules at
- 12306.com
- Book at
- 12306.com
- Hard Seat
- ¥170–260
- Hard Sleeper
- ¥380–450
- Soft Sleeper
- ¥500–800
Train from Wuxi to Shanghai station
- Hard Seat
- ¥45–65
- Hard Sleeper
- ¥45–80
- Soft Sleeper
- ¥120–180
Train from Ürümqi to Shanghai station
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥320–950
- Schedules at
- 12306.com
- Book at
- 12306.com
- Hard Seat
- ¥320–470
- Hard Sleeper
- ¥700–950
- Soft Sleeper
- ¥1,000–1,500
Train from Wuxi to Shanghai station
- Hard Seat
- ¥23–35
- Hard sleeper
- ¥50–70
- Soft sleeper
- ¥80–110
Train from Hangzhou East to Shanghai Hongqiao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥70–130
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥70–100
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥90–130
- Phone
- 1433
- KensePP@railways.kz
- Website
- railways.kz
Train from Almaty 1 to Kerimagash
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 14m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥31
- Website
- https://railways.kz/en/
- Schedules at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/post/schedule?_locale=us
- Book at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/?_locale=us
Train from Yining to Ürümqi
- Adult - second class
- ¥190–270
- Phone
- +7 727 396-70-63
- Website
- ma-sairan.kz
Bus from Almaty Sayran Bus Station to Ürümqi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥110–380
- Website
- https://ma-sairan.kz/
- Schedules at
- https://ma-sairan.kz/расписание-автобусов
- Phone
- 400-830-6666
- Website
- ctrip.com
Bus from Lanzhou to Yinchuan Nanmen Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥140
- Schedules at
- bus.ctrip.com
- Website
- qichezhan.net
Bus from Yinchuan Nanmen Station to Shanghai
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥578
- Schedules at
- qichezhan.net
- bus@chinatrainguide.com
- Website
- chinabusguide.com
Bus from Jiangsu Tongzhou to Shanghai Zongzhan
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥56–100
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
- Bus
- ¥70–100
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