There are 8 ways to get from Shanghai to Bishkek by plane, bus, train, or car
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Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Almaty International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)SHA - ALA
- Take the bus from Almaty Sayran Bus Station to Bishkek Avtovokzal
17h 20m$272–472Train to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, fly to Almaty International Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou East
- Fly from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)HGH - ALA
- Take the bus from Almaty Sayran Bus Station to Bishkek Avtovokzal
17h 56m$218–501Train, drive
- Take the train from Shanghai station to Ürümqi
- Take the train from Ürümqi to Yining
- Drive from Yining to Altynkol
- Take the train from Altynkol to Jeti-su
- Take the train from Zhety-Su to Bischkek 2
3d 1hDrive 5,055.6 km
- Drive from Shanghai Station to Bishkek5,055.6 km
2d 3h$637–921Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Almaty International Airport, bus
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)PVG - ALA
- Take the bus from Almaty Sayran Bus Station to Bishkek Avtovokzal
16h 17m$273–668Train to Nanjing Lukou International Airport, fly to Almaty International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Shanghai station to Nanjing South Station
- Fly from Nanjing Lukou International Airport (NKG) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)NKG - ALA
- Take the bus from Almaty Sayran Bus Station to Bishkek Avtovokzal
19h 2m$273–505Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Kashgar Airport, drive
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Kashgar Airport (KHG)SHA - KHG
- Drive from Kashgar Airport (KHG) to Bishkek
18h 47m$313–643Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kashgar Airport, drive
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Kashgar Airport (KHG)PVG - KHG
- Drive from Kashgar Airport (KHG) to Bishkek
17h 54m$366–677
Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Almaty International Airport (ALA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Bishkek is to train and fly and bus which costs $210 - $500 and takes 17h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Bishkek is to fly and bus which takes 16h 17m and costs $270 - $700.
The distance between Shanghai and Bishkek is 4363 km. The road distance is 5055.6 km.
It takes approximately 17h 20m to get from Shanghai to Bishkek, including transfers.
Bishkek is 2h behind Shanghai. It is currently 2:28 AM in Shanghai and 12:28 AM in Bishkek.
Yes, the driving distance between Shanghai to Bishkek is 5056 km. It takes approximately 2 days 3h to drive from Shanghai to Bishkek.
There are 746+ hotels available in Bishkek.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan?
There is no direct connection from Shanghai to Bishkek. However, you can take the line 10 subway to Hongqiao Airport T1, walk to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) airport, fly to Almaty International Airport (ALA), walk to Ogareva, take the line 92 bus to Sayran, walk to Almaty Sayran Bus Station, take the bus to Bishkek Avtovokzal, then take the taxi to Bishkek. Alternatively, you can take a train from Shanghai station to Bischkek 2 via Ürümqi, Yining, Altynkol, Jeti-su, and Zhety-Su in around 3d 1h.
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $260–360
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–360
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–360
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–360
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–650
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–420
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–420
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–420
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–350
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–350
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–350
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–350
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Kashgar Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kashgar Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,400
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kashgar Airport via Zhengzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,400
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Almaty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–380
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–500
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Kashgar Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kashgar Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,400
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kashgar Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–1,400
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–470
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–600
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Kashgar Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Kashgar Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kashgar Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,400
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Kashgar Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–380
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kashgar Airport via Lanzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–440
- Website
- loongair.cn
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Almaty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Train from Shanghai station to Ürümqi
Train from Ürümqi to Yining
- Phone
- 1433
- KensePP@railways.kz
- Website
- railways.kz
Train from Altynkol to Jeti-su
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $5
- Website
- https://railways.kz/en/
- Schedules at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/post/schedule?_locale=us
- Book at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/?_locale=us
- Phone
- +996 (312) 30 02 09
- Website
- railway.kg
Train from Zhety-Su to Bischkek 2
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- https://railway.kg/?lang=en
- Book at
- https://ticket.railway.kg/
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou East
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–12
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- $10–12
- 1st Class Seat
- $16–19
- Business Class Seat
- $24–35
Train from Shanghai station to Nanjing South Station
- 2nd Class Seat
- $18–21
- 1st Class Seat
- $30–33
- Business Class Seat
- $45–65
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou East
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–19
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $10–14
- Adult - 1st Class
- $13–19
Train from Shanghai station to Nanjing South Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–35
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $15–21
- Adult - 1st Class
- $22–35
- Phone
- +7 727 396-70-63
- Website
- ma-sairan.kz
Bus from Almaty Sayran Bus Station to Bishkek Avtovokzal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Website
- https://ma-sairan.kz/
- Schedules at
- https://ma-sairan.kz/расписание-автобусов
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