There are 8 ways to get from Shanghai to Boston by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Boston Logan Airport
best- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Boston Logan Airport (BOS)plane PVG - BOS
19h 17m$508–1,909Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Boston Logan Airport
cheapest- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Boston Logan Airport (BOS)plane SHA - BOS
21h 6m$421–2,301Train to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, fly to Boston Logan Airport
- Take the train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou Easttrain
- Fly from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH) to Boston Logan Airport (BOS)plane HGH - BOS
23h 21m$502–1,922Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Theodore Francis Green State Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Theodore Francis Green State Airport (PVD)plane PVG - PVD
- Take the train from TF Green Airport to South Stationtrain
23h 50m$457–1,725Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Bradley International Airport, bus
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Bradley International Airport (BDL)plane PVG - BDL
- Take the bus from Hartford Union Station to Bostonbus
24h 34m$572–2,248Train to Sunan Shuofang International Airport, fly to Boston Logan Airport
- Take the train from Shanghai station to Wuxitrain
- Fly from Sunan Shuofang International Airport (WUX) to Boston Logan Airport (BOS)plane WUX - BOS
23h 40m$504–2,117Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)plane PVG - JFK
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Bostontrain
22h 44m$652–1,978Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Albany County Airport, bus
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Albany County Airport (ALB)plane PVG - ALB
- Take the bus from Albany to Bostonbus
26h 46m$635–2,553
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Boston Logan Airport (BOS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Boston is to fly and train which costs $650 - $2,000 and takes 22h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Boston is to fly which takes 19h 17m and costs $500 - $2,000.
The distance between Shanghai and Boston is 7358 miles.
It takes approximately 19h 17m to get from Shanghai to Boston, including transfers.
Boston is 12h behind Shanghai. It is currently 3:04 PM in Shanghai and 3:04 AM in Boston.
There are 1705+ hotels available in Boston.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Boston, MA, USA?
Air Canada, Delta, and three other airlines fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Boston Logan Airport (BOS) every 4 hours.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 11m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Theodore Francis Green State Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Bradley International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–2,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,900
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Albany County Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,500
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 29m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,900
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Beijing Capital, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 52m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–3,200
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Beijing Capital, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 12m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–3,200
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Incheon, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Beijing Capital, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 16m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $490–3,500
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Incheon, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 29m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Osaka Kansai, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 49m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,700
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Beijing Capital, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 52m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–3,200
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Beijing Capital, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 12m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–3,200
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Incheon, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Beijing Capital, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 16m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $490–3,500
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Incheon, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 29m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–2,300
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 27m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–2,300
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–2,500
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $490–2,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,700
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,900
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–2,100
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Osaka Kansai, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,600
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
- $17–19
- Business Class Seat
- $24–35
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- 2nd Class Seat
- $8–10
- 1st Class Seat
- $14–16
- Business Class Seat
- $19–28
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou East
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–19
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $10–15
- Adult - 1st Class
- $13–19
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–16
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $9–13
- Adult - 1st Class
- $11–16
- Phone
- +1-617-222-3200
- Website
- mbta.com
Train from TF Green Airport to South Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–16
- Website
- https://www.mbta.com
- Adult
- $9–16
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Hard Seat
- $6–10
- Hard Sleeper
- $7–12
- Soft Sleeper
- $18–26
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Hard Seat
- $3–5
- Hard sleeper
- $7–11
- Soft sleeper
- $12–16
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–750
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $50–490
- First Class
- $200–750
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–300
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $30–300
- Business Class
- $95–360
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Hartford Union Station to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $16–35
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.com
Bus from Hartford Union Station to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $13–22
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Albany to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $23–40
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
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