There are 7 ways to get from Shanghai to Budapest by plane, car, train, or bus
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Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
best- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane SHA - BUD
17h 52mFt 101,800–302,500Train to Ningbo Lishe International Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Shanghai Hongqiao Station to Ningbotrain
- Fly from Ningbo Lishe International Airport (NGB) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane NGB - BUD
18h 13mFt 67,012–214,752Drive 9,997.5 km
- Drive from Shanghai Station to Budapest, Stadion autóbusz-pályaudvarcar 9,997.5 km
4d 22hFt 580,399–838,354Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane PVG - BUD
15h 43mFt 94,184–214,885Train to Sunan Shuofang International Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Take the train from Shanghai station to Wuxitrain
- Fly from Sunan Shuofang International Airport (WUX) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane WUX - BUD
18h 34mFt 77,931–257,661Bus to Nantong Xingdong Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Take the bus from Shanghai Zongzhan to Jiangsu Tongzhoubus
- Fly from Nantong Xingdong Airport (NTG) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane NTG - BUD
22h 44mFt 75,872–238,880Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Vienna International Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane PVG - VIE
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain
19h 27mFt 109,584–193,085
Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Budapest is to train and fly which costs 65 000 Ft - 220 000 Ft and takes 18h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Budapest is to fly which takes 15h 43m and costs 90 000 Ft - 220 000 Ft.
The distance between Shanghai and Budapest is 8358 km. The road distance is 9997.5 km.
It takes approximately 17h 52m to get from Shanghai to Budapest, including transfers.
Budapest is 7h behind Shanghai. It is currently 10:36 PM in Shanghai and 3:36 PM in Budapest.
Yes, the driving distance between Shanghai to Budapest is 9998 km. It takes approximately 4 days 22h to drive from Shanghai to Budapest.
There are 6644+ hotels available in Budapest.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Budapest, Hungary?
China Eastern Airlines, Shanghai Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) twice daily.
Airlines
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 70,000–230,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- Ft 75,000–240,000
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 75,000–250,000
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- Ft 80,000–260,000
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 70,000–230,000
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- Ft 75,000–250,000
Flights from Ningbo Lishe International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 60,000–200,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 100,000–160,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 70,000–310,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 55,000–250,000
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 75,000–330,000
Flights from Ningbo Lishe International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- Ft 60,000–270,000
Flights from Ningbo Lishe International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 60,000–270,000
Flights from Ningbo Lishe International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 60,000–270,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 80,000–280,000
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 85,000–310,000
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 57m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 80,000–290,000
- Website
- ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 70,000–310,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 55,000–250,000
Flights from Ningbo Lishe International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- Ft 60,000–270,000
Flights from Ningbo Lishe International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 60,000–270,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 75,000–300,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 110,000–160,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 70,000–260,000
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 80,000–260,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 130,000–190,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 70,000–240,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 100,000–160,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 95,000–340,000
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 110,000–150,000
Train operators
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,800–3,100
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- Ft 2,800–3,100
- 1st Class Seat
- Ft 4,500–5,000
- Business Class Seat
- Ft 6,500–9,500
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao Station to Ningbo
- 2nd Class Seat
- Ft 6,500–7,500
- 1st Class Seat
- Ft 11,000–12,000
- Business Class Seat
- Ft 16,000–23,000
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,900–5,500
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- Ft 2,900–4,100
- Adult - 1st Class
- Ft 3,600–5,500
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao Station to Ningbo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,000–12,000
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- Ft 5,000–7,500
- Adult - 1st Class
- Ft 8,000–12,000
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,000–21,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 14,000–22,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- Ft 14,000–22,000
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,400–10,000
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,000–21,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Bus operators
- bus@chinatrainguide.com
- Website
- chinabusguide.com
Bus from Shanghai Zongzhan to Jiangsu Tongzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,672–4,600
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
- Bus
- Ft 3,300–4,600
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