There are 7 ways to get from Shanghai to Edinburgh by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SHA - EDI
19h 7m£360–610Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
cheapest- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane PVG - EDI
18h 4m£175–456Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane PVG - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
18h 57m£186–491Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane PVG - ABZ
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
21h 7m£268–748Bus to Nantong Xingdong Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the bus from Shanghai Zongzhan to Jiangsu Tongzhoubus
- Fly from Nantong Xingdong Airport (NTG) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane NTG - EDI
24h 5m£259–826Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane PVG - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
19h 43m£380–716Train to Sunan Shuofang International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Shanghai station to Wuxitrain
- Fly from Sunan Shuofang International Airport (WUX) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane WUX - EDI
20h 40m£234–723
Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Edinburgh is to fly which costs £170 - £460 and takes 18h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 18h 4m and costs £170 - £460.
The distance between Shanghai and Edinburgh is 5644 miles.
It takes approximately 19h 7m to get from Shanghai to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Edinburgh is 7h behind Shanghai. It is currently 2:28 AM in Shanghai and 7:28 PM in Edinburgh.
There are 2816+ hotels available in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Edinburgh, Scotland?
Hainan and Air China fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) 4 times a week.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £160–490
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 16m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–490
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 17m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £170–470
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–450
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £240–650
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 52m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–600
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–700
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–700
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–750
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 12m
- When
- Sunday and Monday
- Estimated price
- £170–800
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £160–450
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £250–650
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £230–650
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Xi An, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–1,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–950
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £160–450
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £230–650
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £170–550
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £160–440
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £170–460
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £250–650
- Website
- xiamenair.com
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Fuzhou, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £240–800
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £170–460
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £50–85
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0345 528 0409
- customerexperience@lumo.co.uk
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £8–14
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £29–40
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- 2nd Class Seat
- £6–8
- 1st Class Seat
- £10–12
- Business Class Seat
- £15–21
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Hard Seat
- £5–8
- Hard Sleeper
- £5–9
- Soft Sleeper
- £14–20
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £7–12
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- £7–10
- Adult - 1st Class
- £8–12
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Hard Seat
- £2–4
- Hard sleeper
- £5–8
- Soft sleeper
- £9–13
- bus@chinatrainguide.com
- Website
- chinabusguide.com
Bus from Shanghai Zongzhan to Jiangsu Tongzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–11
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
- Bus
- £7–11
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