There are 7 ways to get from Edinburgh to Shanghai by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane EDI - PVG
17h 48m¥1,846–5,646Fly Edinburgh Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA)plane EDI - SHA
17h 47m¥1,796–6,096Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane GLA - PVG
18h 55m¥1,823–5,026Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane MAN - PVG
17h 22m¥2,914–9,110Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA)plane MAN - SHA
20h 21m¥1,964–7,060Fly Edinburgh Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Sunan Shuofang International Airport (WUX)plane EDI - WUX
- Take the train from Wuxi to Shanghai stationtrain
18h 18m¥1,918–6,177Fly Edinburgh Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Nantong Xingdong Airport (NTG)plane EDI - NTG
- Take the bus from Jiangsu Tongzhou to Shanghai Zongzhanbus
20h 19m¥2,281–6,736
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Shanghai is to train and fly which costs ¥1800 - ¥5500 and takes 18h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Shanghai is to train and fly which takes 17h 22m and costs ¥2900 - ¥9500.
The distance between Edinburgh and Shanghai is 9081 km.
It takes approximately 17h 48m to get from Edinburgh to Shanghai, including transfers.
Shanghai is 8h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 12:27 AM in Edinburgh and 8:27 AM in Shanghai.
There are 1535+ hotels available in Shanghai.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Shanghai, China?
Finnair, Hainan, and two other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) twice daily.
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 47m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–5,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–6,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–5,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–6,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–6,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Stockholm, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–7,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Xiamen
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–7,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Stockholm, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–6,500
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–5,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–5,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–7,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–5,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–5,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–5,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–6,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,000
- Website
- shenzhenair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–6,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–7,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Xiamen
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–7,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–7,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–8,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–5,500
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,500
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥168–171
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥250–1,100
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
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@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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