There are 7 ways to get from Shanghai to Budapest by plane, car, train, or bus
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Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
best- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane PVG - BUD
15h 38mFt 113,109–283,380Train to Ningbo Lishe International Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Ningbotrain
- Fly from Ningbo Lishe International Airport (NGB) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane NGB - BUD
18h 48mFt 76,396–223,216Drive 9,995.1 km
- Drive from Shanghai Station to Budapest, Stadion autóbusz-pályaudvarcar 9,995.1 km
4d 20hFt 567,059–819,085Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane SHA - BUD
17h 41mFt 120,683–360,953Train 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
19h 33mFt 81,831–256,210Bus 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
18h 38mFt 84,899–257,506Fly 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
18h 21mFt 107,679–210,130
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Budapest is to train and fly which costs 75 000 Ft - 230 000 Ft and takes 18h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Budapest is to fly which takes 15h 38m and costs 110 000 Ft - 290 000 Ft.
The distance between Shanghai and Budapest is 8417 km. The road distance is 9995.1 km.
It takes approximately 15h 38m to get from Shanghai to Budapest, including transfers.
Budapest is 6h behind Shanghai. It is currently 3:34 AM in Shanghai and 9:34 PM in Budapest.
Yes, the driving distance between Shanghai to Budapest is 9995 km. It takes approximately 4 days 20h to drive from Shanghai to Budapest.
There are 6440+ hotels available in Budapest.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Budapest, Hungary?
Shanghai Airlines, Air Serbia, and two other airlines fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) 4 times a day.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 38m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 120,000–240,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- Ft 120,000–240,000
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 80,000–250,000
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- 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
- 16h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 80,000–250,000
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- Ft 85,000–260,000
Flights from Ningbo Lishe International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 33m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 70,000–210,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 110,000–150,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 75,000–240,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 80,000–260,000
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 95,000–300,000
Flights from Ningbo Lishe International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- Ft 80,000–260,000
Flights from Ningbo Lishe International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 80,000–260,000
- Website
- ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 75,000–240,000
Flights from Ningbo Lishe International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- Ft 80,000–260,000
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 100,000–260,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 110,000–290,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 85,000–290,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 85,000–270,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 110,000–150,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 75,000–250,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 100,000–220,000
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,900–3,200
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- Ft 2,900–3,200
- 1st Class Seat
- Ft 4,600–5,100
- Business Class Seat
- Ft 6,500–9,500
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Ningbo
- 2nd Class Seat
- Ft 6,500–7,500
- 1st Class Seat
- Ft 11,000–12,500
- Business Class Seat
- Ft 16,000–23,000
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,000–5,500
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- Ft 3,000–4,200
- Adult - 1st Class
- Ft 3,700–5,500
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Ningbo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,500–12,000
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- Ft 5,500–7,500
- Adult - 1st Class
- Ft 8,000–12,000
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 14,000–23,000
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–32,000
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–21,000
- Website
- Railjet
- Website
- Railjet
- *
- Ft 13,000–21,000
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,400–7,000
- Website
- RegioJet
- bus@chinatrainguide.com
- Website
- chinabusguide.com
Bus from Shanghai Zongzhan to Jiangsu Tongzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,719–4,700
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
- Bus
- Ft 3,400–4,700
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