There are 6 ways to get from Shanghai to Athens by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Athens International Airport
best- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane PVG - ATH
15h 39m€266–1,617Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Athens International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane SHA - ATH
19h 52m€190–560Train to Sunan Shuofang International Airport, fly to Athens International Airport
- Take the train from Shanghai station to Wuxitrain
- Fly from Sunan Shuofang International Airport (WUX) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane WUX - ATH
21h 10m€213–673Bus to Nantong Xingdong Airport, fly to Athens International Airport
- Take the bus from Shanghai Zongzhan to Jiangsu Tongzhoubus
- Fly from Nantong Xingdong Airport (NTG) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane NTG - ATH
24h 34m€200–627Train to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, fly to Athens International Airport
- Take the train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou Easttrain
- Fly from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane HGH - ATH
22h 27m€339–628Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kalamata International Airport, bus
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Kalamata International Airport (KLX)plane PVG - KLX
- Take the bus from Kalamata to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTELbus
23h 26m€410–1,145
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Athens International Airport (ATH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Athens is to fly which costs €190 - €600 and takes 19h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Athens is to fly which takes 15h 39m and costs €260 - €1700.
The distance between Shanghai and Athens is 8628 km.
It takes approximately 15h 39m to get from Shanghai to Athens, including transfers.
Athens is 6h behind Shanghai. It is currently 2:26 PM in Shanghai and 8:26 AM in Athens.
There are 12266+ hotels available in Athens.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Athens, Greece?
Juneyao Airlines, Turkish Airlines, and Egyptair fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Athens International Airport (ATH) 4 times a day.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Athens International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €180–550
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Athens International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €200–650
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Athens International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 13m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €180–600
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Athens International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €160–500
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–440
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Athens International Airport via Beijing Capital, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–850
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Athens International Airport via Beijing Capital, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–800
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Athens International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–550
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €400–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Istanbul, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,400
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Athens International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–600
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Athens International Airport via Beijing Capital, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–850
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Athens International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–900
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Athens International Airport via Beijing Capital, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–800
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Athens International Airport via Beijing Daxing, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €170–600
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Athens International Airport via Tianfu International, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–650
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Athens International Airport via Beijing Capital, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–850
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Athens International Airport via Beijing Capital, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 22m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,900
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,200
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Athens International Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–700
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Athens International Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €270–800
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Athens International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–900
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–440
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Athens International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–850
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kalamata International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €430–1,400
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,200
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- 2nd Class Seat
- €7–8
- 1st Class Seat
- €11–13
- Business Class Seat
- €16–23
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou East
- 2nd Class Seat
- €9–10
- 1st Class Seat
- €14–16
- Business Class Seat
- €20–29
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Hard Seat
- €5–8
- Hard Sleeper
- €6–10
- Soft Sleeper
- €15–21
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €7–13
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- €7–11
- Adult - 1st Class
- €9–13
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou East
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–16
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- €8–12
- Adult - 1st Class
- €11–16
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Hard Seat
- €2–4
- Hard sleeper
- €6–9
- Soft sleeper
- €10–14
- bus@chinatrainguide.com
- Website
- chinabusguide.com
Bus from Shanghai Zongzhan to Jiangsu Tongzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–12
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
- Bus
- €8–12
- Phone
- +30 27210 28581
- info@ktelmessinias.gr
- Website
- ktelmessinias.gr
Bus from Kalamata to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.ktelmessinias.gr/en/homepage-en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.ktelmessinias.gr/en/routes/
- Book at
- https://ktelbus.gr/mes/ticketweb/
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