There are 9 ways to get from Kiel to Shanghai by train, plane, car, or bus
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Train to Hamburg Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
best- Take the train from Kiel Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane HAM - PVG
16h 51m¥3,532–5,868Train to Sønderborg Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Rendsburg to Flensburgtrain
- Fly from Sønderborg Airport (SGD) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane SGD - PVG
21h 30m¥2,347–6,814Drive 10,345.8 km
- Drive from Kiel to Shanghai Stationcar 10,345.8 km
4d 22h¥11,837–17,097Train, train to Copenhagen Airport, fly to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
- Take the train from Kiel Hbf to Schleswigtrain
- Take the train from Schleswig to København, Københavns Lufthavntrain
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA)plane CPH - SHA
20h 39mTrain, train to Copenhagen Airport, fly to Sunan Shuofang International Airport
- Take the train from Kiel Hbf to Schleswigtrain
- Take the train from Schleswig to København, Københavns Lufthavntrain
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Sunan Shuofang International Airport (WUX)plane CPH - WUX
- Take the train from Wuxi to Shanghai stationtrain
24h 21mTrain, train to Copenhagen Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Take the train from Kiel Hbf to Schleswigtrain
- Take the train from Schleswig to København, Københavns Lufthavntrain
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane CPH - PVG
19h 5mTrain, train to Copenhagen Airport, fly to Nantong Xingdong Airport, bus
- Take the train from Kiel Hbf to Schleswigtrain
- Take the train from Schleswig to København, Københavns Lufthavntrain
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Nantong Xingdong Airport (NTG)plane CPH - NTG
- Take the bus from Jiangsu Tongzhou to Shanghai Zongzhanbus
26h 21mTrain, train to Billund Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Take the train from Kiel Hbf to Schleswigtrain
- Take the train from Schleswig to Fredericia St.train
- Fly from Billund Airport (BLL) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane BLL - PVG
22h 34mTrain to Sønderborg Airport, fly to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
- Take the train from Rendsburg to Flensburgtrain
- Fly from Sønderborg Airport (SGD) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA)plane SGD - SHA
21h 49m¥2,497–7,764
Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kiel to Shanghai is to train and fly which costs ¥2300 - ¥7000 and takes 21h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Kiel to Shanghai is to train and fly which takes 16h 51m and costs ¥3500 - ¥6000.
The distance between Kiel and Shanghai is 8701 km. The road distance is 10345.8 km.
It takes approximately 16h 51m to get from Kiel to Shanghai, including transfers.
Shanghai is 7h ahead of Kiel. It is currently 10:17 AM in Kiel and 5:17 PM in Shanghai.
Yes, the driving distance between Kiel to Shanghai is 10346 km. It takes approximately 4 days 22h to drive from Kiel to Shanghai.
There are 1536+ hotels available in Shanghai.
What companies run services between Kiel, Germany and Shanghai, China?
There is no direct connection from Kiel to Shanghai. However, you can take the train to Hamburg Hbf, take the train to Hamburg Airport, walk to Hamburg Airport (HAM) airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG), walk to Pudong International Airport, take the train to Longyang Road, walk to Longyang Road, then take the line 2 subway to West Nanjing Road. Alternatively, you can drive from Kiel to Shanghai Station in around 4d 22h.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 6m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–4,900
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 16m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–5,000
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,000
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Beijing Capital, Dalian
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,000
Flights from Billund Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,500
Flights from Sønderborg Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Copenhagen Airport, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–7,500
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–5,500
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–5,500
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–4,300
Flights from Billund Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,000
Flights from Sønderborg Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–6,500
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–6,500
Flights from Billund Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–7,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–5,500
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Helsinki, Zhengzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,000
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Kiel Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥150–220
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Rendsburg to Flensburg
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥100–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Kiel Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥250–290
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- (040) 303 977-333
- moin@nordbahn.de
- Website
- nordbahn.de
Train from Kiel Hbf to Schleswig
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nordbahn.de
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- dsb.dk
Train from Schleswig to København, Københavns Lufthavn
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥500–850
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Schleswig to Fredericia St.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥220–350
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
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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