There are 10 ways to get from Riga to Shanghai by plane, train, bus, car, or ferry
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Fly Riga International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, train
best- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH)plane RIX - HGH
- Take the train from Hangzhou East to Shanghai Hongqiaotrain
19h 10m¥1,600–7,509Bus, train
- Take the bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Severnye Vorota Bus Terminalbus
- Take the train from Paveletsky Rail Terminal to Shortanditrain
- Take the train from Shortandi to Astana 1train
- Take the bus from Saparzhai bus station to Ürümqibus
- Take the train from Ürümqi to Shanghai stationtrain
6d 6h¥2,626–4,886Drive 9,099.8 km
- Drive from Riga to Shanghaicar 9,099.8 km
4d 12h¥11,303–16,327Fly Riga International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane RIX - PVG
15h 8m¥1,948–7,182Fly Riga International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA)plane RIX - SHA
18h 37m¥2,790–4,053Fly Riga International Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport, train
- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Sunan Shuofang International Airport (WUX)plane RIX - WUX
- Take the train from Wuxi to Shanghai stationtrain
17h 48m¥2,978–4,372Bus, ferry to Helsinki Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Take the bus from Tērbatas iela to Tallinna bussijaambus
- Take the ferry from Tallinn to Helsinkiferry
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane HEL - PVG
20h 33mFly Riga International Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport, bus
- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Nantong Xingdong Airport (NTG)plane RIX - NTG
- Take the bus from Jiangsu Tongzhou to Shanghai Zongzhanbus
21h 9m¥1,888–8,779Train, bus to Minsk National Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Take the train from Rīgas Centrālā stacija to Vilniustrain
- Take the bus from Vilnius, Autobusų Stotis to Minsk Central Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Minsk National Airport (MSQ) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane MSQ - PVG
24h 37m¥1,898–7,343Bus, train to Pulkovo Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Take the bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Pskov Bus stationbus
- Take the train from Pskov-1 to Airporttrain
- Fly from Pulkovo Airport (LED) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane LED - PVG
23h 20m
Riga International Airport (RIX) to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Riga to Shanghai is to fly which costs ¥2700 - ¥4100 and takes 18h 37m.
The fastest way to get from Riga to Shanghai is to fly which takes 15h 8m and costs ¥1900 - ¥7500.
The distance between Riga and Shanghai is 7816 km. The road distance is 9099.8 km.
The best way to get from Riga to Shanghai without a car is to bus and train which takes 6 days 6h and costs ¥2600 - ¥4900.
It takes approximately 19h 10m to get from Riga to Shanghai, including transfers.
Shanghai is 6h ahead of Riga. It is currently 1:56 PM in Riga and 7:56 PM in Shanghai.
Yes, the driving distance between Riga to Shanghai is 9100 km. It takes approximately 4 days 12h to drive from Riga to Shanghai.
There are 1664+ hotels available in Shanghai.
What companies run services between Riga, Latvia and Shanghai, China?
Finnair, Air Baltic, and four other airlines fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) twice daily.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–7,500
Flights from Riga International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Stockholm, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–7,000
Flights from Riga International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–7,000
Flights from Riga International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–7,500
Flights from Riga International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Stockholm, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–7,000
Flights from Riga International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–7,000
Flights from Riga International Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–8,000
Flights from Riga International Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–7,500
Flights from Riga International Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Stockholm, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–7,500
Flights from Riga International Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–8,500
Flights from Riga International Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–8,500
Flights from Riga International Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Stockholm, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–8,000
Flights from Riga International Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Helsinki Airport, Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–9,000
Flights from Riga International Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–10,000
Flights from Riga International Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Oslo, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–9,500
Flights from Minsk National Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–6,500
Flights from Minsk National Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–6,500
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–7,500
Flights from Riga International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,500
Flights from Riga International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–7,000
Flights from Riga International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Tashkent, Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–4,100
Flights from Riga International Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Tashkent, Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–4,300
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–7,000
Flights from Minsk National Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Moscow Sheremetyevo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–6,500
Flights from Minsk National Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–6,500
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–6,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Helsinki Airport, Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–7,500
Flights from Riga International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Helsinki Airport, Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–7,500
Flights from Riga International Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Helsinki Airport, Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–8,000
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–7,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–8,500
Flights from Riga International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Oslo, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–8,000
Flights from Riga International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–8,500
Flights from Riga International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Oslo, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–8,000
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–7,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 32m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–7,500
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–7,000
Flights from Minsk National Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–6,500
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 2m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–7,500
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–7,000
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,200–9,500
- Website
- aeroflot.ru
Flights from Minsk National Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Moscow Sheremetyevo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–7,000
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Minsk National Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–11,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–7,500
- Website
- scat.kz
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Shimkent
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–7,000
Train from Hangzhou East to Shanghai Hongqiao
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥70–80
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥70–80
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥115–130
- Business Class Seat
- ¥160–240
Train from Wuxi to Shanghai station
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥59–65
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥59–65
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥95–105
- Business Class Seat
- ¥130–190
Train from Hangzhou East to Shanghai Hongqiao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥70–130
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥70–100
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥90–130
- Phone
- +7 (717) 260-66-60
- KensePP@railways.kz
- Website
- railways.kz
Train from Paveletsky Rail Terminal to Shortandi
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 7h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–2,700
- Website
- https://railways.kz/en/
- Schedules at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/post/schedule?_locale=us
- Book at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/?_locale=us
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- ¥1,400–2,000
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- ¥1,900–2,700
- Phone
- 1433
- KensePP@railways.kz
- Website
- railways.kz
Train from Shortandi to Astana 1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥30–50
- Website
- https://railways.kz/en/
- Schedules at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/post/schedule?_locale=us
- Book at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/?_locale=us
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- ¥30–40
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- ¥35–50
Train from Wuxi to Shanghai station
- Hard Seat
- ¥23–35
- Hard sleeper
- ¥50–70
- Soft sleeper
- ¥80–110
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Rīgas Centrālā stacija to Vilnius
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥130–180
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- rzd.ru
Train from Pskov-1 to Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥57–150
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- Lastochka Train
- ¥100–150
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Severnye Vorota Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥410–750
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
Bus from Vilnius, Autobusų Stotis to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥100–490
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Website
- saparzhai.kz
Bus from Saparzhai bus station to Ürümqi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ¥459
- Website
- https://saparzhai.kz/
- Schedules at
- https://saparzhai.kz/расписание-автобусов
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Tērbatas iela to Tallinna bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥140–270
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/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
- Phone
- +375-17-251-14-11
- info@minsktrans.by
- Website
- minsktrans.by
Bus from Vilnius, Autobusų Stotis to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥45–410
- Schedules at
- https://minsktrans.by/en/home/
- Book at
- https://infobus.by/en/bus
- Phone
- +370 612 88 984
- info@eurolines.lt
- Website
- eurolines.lt
Bus from Vilnius, Autobusų Stotis to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥140–600
- Website
- https://www.eurolines.lt/en
- Phone
- +375 (29) 643 70 22
- intercars@intercars.ru
- Website
- intercars-tickets.com
Bus from Vilnius, Autobusų Stotis to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥120–390
- Website
- https://www.intercars-tickets.com/
- Phone
- +7 (901) 374-41-56
- markatek_spb@mail.ru
- Website
- markatek.travel
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Pskov Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Website
- https://markatek.travel/
- Schedules at
- https://markatek.travel/schedule/
- Phone
- +371 22 474 814
- vissa@apollo.lv
- Website
- vissareiss.lv
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Pskov Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Website
- https://vissareiss.lv/
- Schedules at
- https://vissareiss.lv/?highlight=0&sitepage=#Schedule
- Book at
- https://vissareiss.lv/index.php?sitepage=ticket_offer_en
- Website
- en.tallink.com
Ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- en.tallink.com
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