There are 7 ways to get from Dublin to Shanghai by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Dublin Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
best- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane DUB - PVG
17h 3m¥2,523–7,651Fly Dublin Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Sunan Shuofang International Airport (WUX)plane DUB - WUX
- Take the train from Wuxi to Shanghai stationtrain
17h 53m¥1,595–4,882Fly Dublin Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA)plane DUB - SHA
17h 22m¥2,573–8,601Train to George Best Belfast City Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Take the train from Dublin Connolly to Belfast Great Centraltrain
- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane BHD - PVG
18h 38m¥2,207–6,257Fly Dublin Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH)plane DUB - HGH
- Take the train from Hangzhou East to Shanghai Hongqiaotrain
20h 15m¥2,745–4,740Fly Dublin Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport, bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Nantong Xingdong Airport (NTG)plane DUB - NTG
- Take the bus from Jiangsu Tongzhou to Shanghai Zongzhanbus
19h 54m¥1,958–5,741Train to Belfast International Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Take the train from Dublin Connolly to Belfast Great Centraltrain
- Fly from Belfast International Airport (BFS) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane BFS - PVG
19h 51m¥1,770–4,755
Dublin Airport (DUB) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Dublin to Shanghai is to train and fly which costs ¥1700 - ¥4800 and takes 19h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Dublin to Shanghai is to fly which takes 17h 3m and costs ¥2500 - ¥8000.
The distance between Dublin and Shanghai is 9413 km.
It takes approximately 17h 3m to get from Dublin to Shanghai, including transfers.
Shanghai is 8h ahead of Dublin. It is currently 8:14 AM in Dublin and 4:14 PM in Shanghai.
There are 1570+ hotels available in Shanghai.
What companies run services between Dublin, Ireland and Shanghai, China?
Finnair, Hainan, and two other airlines fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) once daily.
Airlines
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–5,500
Flights from Dublin Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,000
Flights from Dublin Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Beijing Capital, Yantai Penglai
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–5,500
Flights from Dublin Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–5,500
Flights from Dublin Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Stockholm, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–5,500
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–4,700
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–4,800
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–4,400
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 47m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–4,400
Flights from Dublin Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–4,800
Flights from Dublin Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–4,600
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Manchester, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–4,400
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–4,700
Flights from Dublin Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–4,400
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–6,000
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–4,400
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–6,500
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,500
- Website
- shenzhenair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–5,500
Flights from Dublin Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Beijing Capital, Yantai Penglai
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–5,500
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 51m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–4,700
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–4,700
Flights from Dublin Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–4,400
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–6,500
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–4,700
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–4,700
- Website
- sda.cn
Flights from Dublin Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–5,500
Flights from Dublin Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Beijing Capital, Yantai Penglai
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–5,500
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–4,700
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–4,800
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–8,500
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–6,500
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–8,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via London Heathrow, Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,000
- Website
- ceair.com
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,500
Train operators
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Train from Dublin Connolly to Belfast Great Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥160–230
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6222
- info@irishrail.ie
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Dublin Connolly to Belfast Great Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥130–180
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- ¥130–180
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 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
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥70–130
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥70–100
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥90–130
Train from Wuxi to Shanghai station
- Hard Seat
- ¥45–65
- Hard Sleeper
- ¥45–80
- Soft Sleeper
- ¥120–180
Train from Wuxi to Shanghai station
- Hard Seat
- ¥23–35
- Hard sleeper
- ¥50–70
- Soft sleeper
- ¥80–110
Bus operators
- 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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