There are 7 ways to get from Leipzig to Shanghai by plane, car, or train
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Fly Leipzig-Halle Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
best- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane LEJ - PVG
16h 48m¥3,582–13,115Fly Leipzig-Halle Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA)plane LEJ - SHA
20h 7m¥2,832–11,065Drive 10,115 km
- Drive from Leipzig to Shanghai Stationcar 10,115 km
4d 21h¥11,515–16,633Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA)plane BER - SHA
18h 13m¥3,272–9,599Train to Dresden Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane DRS - PVG
17h 59m¥3,145–14,461Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane BER - PVG
16h 34m¥3,122–7,649Train to Frankfurt, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane FRA - PVG
17h 4m¥3,113–5,034
Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Leipzig to Shanghai is to train and fly which costs ¥3100 - ¥5500 and takes 17h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Leipzig to Shanghai is to train and fly which takes 16h 34m and costs ¥3100 - ¥8000.
The distance between Leipzig and Shanghai is 8615 km. The road distance is 10115 km.
It takes approximately 16h 48m to get from Leipzig to Shanghai, including transfers.
Shanghai is 6h ahead of Leipzig. It is currently 3:16 PM in Leipzig and 9:16 PM in Shanghai.
Yes, the driving distance between Leipzig to Shanghai is 10115 km. It takes approximately 4 days 21h to drive from Leipzig to Shanghai.
There are 1678+ hotels available in Shanghai.
What companies run services between Leipzig, Germany and Shanghai, China?
Austrian Airlines, Lufthansa, and two other airlines fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) twice daily.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,600–16,000
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Frankfurt, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–13,000
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Frankfurt, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–13,000
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Vienna, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–12,000
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Istanbul, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,700–15,000
Flights from Dresden Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–14,000
Flights from Dresden Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,200–18,000
Flights from Dresden Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Frankfurt, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–14,000
Flights from Dresden Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Munich, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–14,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–10,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–3,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–3,600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,600–16,000
Flights from Dresden Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–18,000
Flights from Dresden Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,200–18,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–10,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Istanbul, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,700–15,000
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 56m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–8,500
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–8,500
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Vienna, Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–11,000
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–8,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–10,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Istanbul, Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–15,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Shenyang
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–3,800
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,500–13,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,700–15,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,900–16,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–8,500
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–8,000
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥230–550
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥160–380
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥500–1,200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥240–340
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥190–330
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
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