There are 9 ways to get from Shanghai to Cologne by plane, car, or train
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Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane PVG - CGN
18h 3m€279–1,215Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane PVG - DUS
17h 51m€245–1,128Drive 10,537.6 km
- Drive from Shanghai Station to Colognecar 10,537.6 km
4d 23h€1,473–2,127Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane PVG - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
16h 2m€347–933Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane SHA - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
17h 10m€631–4,976Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane SHA - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbftrain
19h 39m€543–1,406Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane PVG - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbftrain
17h 41m€389–1,063Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane PVG - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbftrain
18h 27m€354–1,208Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane PVG - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from München Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
20h 6m€495–981
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Cologne is to fly and train which costs €340 - €950 and takes 16h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Cologne is to fly and train which takes 16h 2m and costs €340 - €950.
The distance between Shanghai and Cologne is 8935 km. The road distance is 10537.6 km.
It takes approximately 18h 3m to get from Shanghai to Cologne, including transfers.
Cologne is 6h behind Shanghai. It is currently 2:19 AM in Shanghai and 8:19 PM in Cologne.
Yes, the driving distance between Shanghai to Cologne is 10538 km. It takes approximately 4 days 23h to drive from Shanghai to Cologne.
There are 1641+ hotels available in Cologne.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Cologne, Germany?
Air China, Lufthansa City, and seven other airlines fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) 3 times a day.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–1,800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–3,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €340–3,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–1,600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–1,300
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Frankfurt via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–1,700
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Frankfurt via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–1,700
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Frankfurt via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,900
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Brussels Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–1,700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–1,600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,400
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,400
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–1,700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–1,800
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–3,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €340–3,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–1,600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,300
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Frankfurt via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–1,700
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Frankfurt via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–1,700
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Frankfurt via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,900
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Brussels Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–1,800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–1,700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €340–1,500
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,400
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Brussels Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–1,500
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Brussels Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €250–950
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–1,300
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–1,100
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,300
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Munich International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Frankfurt via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 32m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €250–1,400
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,500
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,900
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,000
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €110–260
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–25
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Flughafen München to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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