There are 9 ways to get from Lyon to Shanghai by train, plane, car, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
best- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane GVA - PVG
16h 49m¥2,874–6,570Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA)plane LYS - SHA
20h 55m¥2,021–10,121Drive 11,130 km
- Drive from Lyon to Shanghai Stationcar 11,130 km
5d 5h¥13,608–19,656Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA)plane GVA - SHA
19h 38m¥2,724–8,520Train to Marseille Provence Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Aix En Provence Tgvtrain
- Fly from Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane MRS - PVG
15h 52m¥3,256–7,953Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Sunan Shuofang International Airport, train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Sunan Shuofang International Airport (WUX)plane GVA - WUX
- Take the train from Wuxi to Shanghai stationtrain
23h 40m¥2,146–11,601Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Nantong Xingdong Airport, bus
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Nantong Xingdong Airport (NTG)plane GVA - NTG
- Take the bus from Jiangsu Tongzhou to Shanghai Zongzhanbus
21h 56m¥2,509–12,660Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane MXP - PVG
20h 17m¥3,443–7,836Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane LYS - PVG
20h 12m¥2,971–6,171
Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Shanghai is to train and fly which costs ¥2700 - ¥8500 and takes 19h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Shanghai is to train and fly which takes 15h 52m and costs ¥3200 - ¥8000.
The distance between Lyon and Shanghai is 9468 km. The road distance is 11130 km.
It takes approximately 16h 49m to get from Lyon to Shanghai, including transfers.
Shanghai is 6h ahead of Lyon. It is currently 4:47 PM in Lyon and 10:47 PM in Shanghai.
Yes, the driving distance between Lyon to Shanghai is 11130 km. It takes approximately 5 days 5h to drive from Lyon to Shanghai.
There are 1692+ hotels available in Shanghai.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Shanghai, China?
Lufthansa, Air China, and three other airlines fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) 3 times a day.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–9,500
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Munich, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–10,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–9,500
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–11,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–12,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–7,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–8,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Wenzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–8,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–8,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Munich, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–12,000
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–22,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,700–7,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,700–7,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Prague, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–11,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Prague, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–11,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–11,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Prague, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–11,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Munich, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–12,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Zhengzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–7,500
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–10,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Munich, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–12,000
- Website
- ceair.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–22,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–9,500
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥200–470
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Aix En Provence Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥370–900
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥260–420
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Aix En Provence Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥500–800
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-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
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥450–750
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥35–45
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- 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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