There are 8 ways to get from Shanghai to California by plane or shuttle
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Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
best- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane PVG - SFO
14h 31m$448–1,122Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane SHA - SFO
16h 29m$241–764Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane PVG - LAX
15h 37m$379–873Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Sacramento International Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF)plane PVG - SMF
17h 33m$390–1,213Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane PVG - SAN
16h 46m$370–1,114Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Fresno Yosemite International Airport (FAT)plane PVG - FAT
18h 57m$329–960Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Burbank Bob Hope Airport (BUR)plane PVG - BUR
17h 37m$283–816Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Monterey Regional Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Monterey Regional Airport (MRY)plane PVG - MRY
- Take a shuttle bus from Monterey - Calle Principal / Parking Garage to San Jose Airport Terminal A
22h 1m$297–778
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to California is to fly which costs $240 - $800 and takes 16h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to California is to fly which takes 14h 31m and costs $440 - $1,200.
The distance between Shanghai and California is 6220 miles.
It takes approximately 14h 31m to get from Shanghai to California, including transfers.
California is 16h behind Shanghai. It is currently 7:20 PM in Shanghai and 3:20 AM in California.
There are 2879+ hotels available in California.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and California, USA?
China Eastern Airlines, United Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) 5 times a day.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–750
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 58m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 12m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 59m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 59m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Diego International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,400
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,500
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 31m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–750
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via Vancouver, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 39m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $240–750
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 12m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 49m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 36m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–950
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Vancouver, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Vancouver, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–750
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 14m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $230–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via Vancouver, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 41m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 38m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–750
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–850
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–550
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 27m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–2,400
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 12m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,200
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 12m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Diego International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
- Website
- allegiantair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via Vancouver, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
- Phone
- +1 831-373-7777
- Website
- groometransportation.com
Shuttle from Monterey - Calle Principal / Parking Garage to San Jose Airport Terminal A
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–60
- Schedules at
- groometransportation.com
- Online Discount
- $50–60
- Standard Rate
- $57
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