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¥2,135–7,931Train to Sønderborg Airport, fly to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Rendsburg to Flensburgtrain
- Fly from Sønderborg Airport (SGD) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA)plane SGD - SHA
22h 31m¥2,071–9,242Drive 10,346.5 km
- Drive from Kiel to Shanghai Stationcar 10,346.5 km
4d 22h¥11,779–17,014Train, train to Copenhagen Airport, fly to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
- Take the train from Kiel Hbf to Schleswigtrain
- Take the train from Schleswig to Fredericia St.train
- Take the train from Fredericia St. to Copenhagen Lufthavntrain
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA)plane CPH - SHA
21h 50mTrain, train to Copenhagen Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Take the train from Kiel Hbf to Schleswigtrain
- Take the train from Schleswig to Fredericia St.train
- Take the train from Fredericia St. to Copenhagen Lufthavntrain
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane CPH - PVG
19h 41mTrain, train to Copenhagen Airport, fly to Sunan Shuofang International Airport
- Take the train from Kiel Hbf to Schleswigtrain
- Take the train from Schleswig to Fredericia St.train
- Take the train from Fredericia St. to Copenhagen Lufthavntrain
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Sunan Shuofang International Airport (WUX)plane CPH - WUX
- Take the train from Wuxi to Shanghai stationtrain
22h 1mTrain, 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
20h 27mTrain to Sønderborg Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Take the train from Rendsburg to Flensburgtrain
- Fly from Sønderborg Airport (SGD) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane SGD - PVG
22h 17m¥2,321–8,792Train, train to Copenhagen Airport, fly to Nantong Xingdong Airport, bus
- Take the train from Kiel Hbf to Schleswigtrain
- Take the train from Schleswig to Fredericia St.train
- Take the train from Fredericia St. to Copenhagen Lufthavntrain
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Nantong Xingdong Airport (NTG)plane CPH - NTG
- Take the bus from Jiangsu Tongzhou to Shanghai Zongzhanbus
27h 17m
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 ¥2100 - ¥8000 and takes 16h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Kiel to Shanghai is to train and fly which takes 16h 51m and costs ¥2100 - ¥8000.
The distance between Kiel and Shanghai is 8701 km. The road distance is 10346.5 km.
It takes approximately 16h 51m to get from Kiel to Shanghai, including transfers.
Shanghai is 6h ahead of Kiel. It is currently 5:44 AM in Kiel and 11:44 AM 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 1678+ 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 Hamburg Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Budapest, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–9,000
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–7,000
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–7,500
Flights from Billund Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–10,000
Flights from Sønderborg Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Copenhagen Airport, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–9,000
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–8,500
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–7,500
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–6,500
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–6,500
Flights from Billund Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–9,000
Flights from Sønderborg Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–8,500
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–9,000
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–7,500
Flights from Billund Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–11,000
Flights from Sønderborg Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Copenhagen Airport, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–10,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–8,500
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Billund Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Oslo, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–11,000
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Kiel Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥220–320
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Rendsburg to Flensburg
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥130–190
- 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
- ¥150–350
- 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 Fredericia St.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ¥320–450
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Fredericia St. to Copenhagen Lufthavn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥500–700
- 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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