There are 8 ways to get from Ireland to Shanghai by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Dublin Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
best- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA)plane DUB - SHA
18h 13m¥3,774–18,105Fly 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
22h 14m¥1,596–7,686Fly Dublin Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane DUB - PVG
17h 29m¥3,824–10,155Fly Shannon Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane SNN - PVG
17h 33m¥2,199–8,118Train to George Best Belfast City Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Take the train from Dundalk to Belfast Great Centraltrain
- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane BHD - PVG
18h 53m¥2,249–8,676Fly Cork Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane ORK - PVG
16h 30m¥2,185–8,599Train to Belfast International Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Take the train from Dundalk to Belfast Great Centraltrain
- Fly from Belfast International Airport (BFS) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane BFS - PVG
18h 26m¥1,807–6,764Fly 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
20h 30m¥1,859–8,745
Dublin Airport (DUB) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ireland to Shanghai is to train and fly which costs ¥1800 - ¥7000 and takes 18h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Ireland to Shanghai is to fly which takes 16h 30m and costs ¥2100 - ¥9000.
The distance between Ireland and Shanghai is 9374 km.
It takes approximately 18h 13m to get from Ireland to Shanghai, including transfers.
Shanghai is 7h ahead of Ireland. It is currently 2:08 AM in Ireland and 9:08 AM in Shanghai.
There are 703+ hotels available in Shanghai.
What companies run services between Ireland and Shanghai, China?
Hainan flies from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) twice daily.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–8,000
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–7,000
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via London Gatwick, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–7,000
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–8,500
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–7,500
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Stockholm, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–7,500
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–7,500
Flights from Dublin Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–9,500
Flights from Dublin Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–9,000
Flights from Dublin Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–8,500
Flights from Dublin Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Stockholm, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–8,500
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 53m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–8,000
Flights from Dublin Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–8,000
Flights from Shannon Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Manchester, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–10,000
Flights from Shannon Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Edinburgh, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–10,000
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Manchester, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–8,000
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Edinburgh, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–7,500
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–7,500
Flights from Dublin Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–8,000
Flights from Shannon Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–8,000
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–8,500
Flights from Cork Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–8,500
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–6,500
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–7,500
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Beijing Capital, Dalian
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–8,500
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–7,500
Flights from Shannon Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–9,500
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–9,500
Flights from Cork Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 27m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–10,000
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–7,500
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–8,500
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–9,500
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–9,500
Flights from Cork Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–9,500
- Website
- shenzhenair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–8,000
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–8,500
Flights from Dublin Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–9,500
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–10,000
Flights from Cork Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–10,000
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–7,500
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–8,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 42m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–12,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Helsinki, Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–8,500
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Train from Dundalk to Belfast Great Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥100–150
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Dundalk to Belfast Great Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥70–100
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- ¥70–100
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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