There are 8 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)PVG - CGN
17h 32m€389–725Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Frankfurt, train
cheapest- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Frankfurt (FRA)SHA - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Hbf
18h 3m€228–775Drive 10,539.2 km
- Drive from Shanghai Station to Cologne10,539.2 km
4d 23h€1,484–2,143Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)PVG - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
17h 28m€417–1,369Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Frankfurt (FRA)PVG - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Hbf
16h 10m€315–526Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Brussels Airport (BRU)SHA - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
19h 40m€370–671Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Brussels Airport (BRU)PVG - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
18h 7m€313–741Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)PVG - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Arnhem Centraal
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbf
19h€268–646
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 €310 - €550 and takes 16h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Cologne is to fly and train which takes 16h 10m and costs €310 - €550.
The distance between Shanghai and Cologne is 8935 km. The road distance is 10539.2 km.
It takes approximately 17h 32m to get from Shanghai to Cologne, including transfers.
Cologne is 7h behind Shanghai. It is currently 12:43 PM in Shanghai and 5:43 AM in Cologne.
Yes, the driving distance between Shanghai to Cologne is 10539 km. It takes approximately 4 days 23h to drive from Shanghai to Cologne.
There are 1747+ hotels available in Cologne.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Cologne, Germany?
Air China, Eurowings, and four other airlines fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) twice daily.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–1,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–950
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–950
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €200–600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €330–470
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €330–450
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Frankfurt via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–700
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Frankfurt via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–750
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Brussels Airport via Beijing Capital, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–1,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–950
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–950
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €330–470
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €330–450
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Frankfurt via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–700
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Frankfurt via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 17m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–750
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–390
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–850
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €220–650
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Brussels Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €390–550
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Brussels Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €390–550
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €260–550
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €230–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €200–600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €210–700
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €250–850
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–750
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–650
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–850
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €25–60
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €25–40
- Comfort
- €27–40
- Premium
- €40–60
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–90
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- 1st Class
- €50–90
Train from Schiphol Airport to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–55
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €17–25
- 1st Class
- €30–55
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–85
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €26–40
- 1st Class
- €50–85
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