There are 6 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
20h 7m£170–510Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
cheapest- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane PVG - EDI
18h 34m£155–436Fly 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
20h 23m£158–481Fly 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 52m£335–856Fly 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
22h 22m£225–776Bus 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 39m£199–625
Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Edinburgh is to fly which costs £150 - £440 and takes 18h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 18h 34m and costs £150 - £440.
The distance between Shanghai and Edinburgh is 5644 miles.
It takes approximately 20h 7m to get from Shanghai to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Edinburgh is 8h behind Shanghai. It is currently 12:31 AM in Shanghai and 4:31 PM in Edinburgh.
There are 2557+ 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) twice a week.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 52m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–440
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–450
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £200–600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £190–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–700
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 22m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £160–500
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 48m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £180–600
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £210–650
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Changsha, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £210–650
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–800
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £180–600
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £140–420
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–470
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £150–460
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £150–440
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £210–650
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–35
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Standard
- £13–18
- 1st Class
- £23–35
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–75
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Standard
- £30–45
- 1st Class
- £50–75
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–100
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Standard
- £40–60
- 1st Class
- £80–100
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £75–110
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Anytime Day Single
- £75–110
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £60–170
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- £60–90
- 1st Class
- £120–170
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £250–290
- 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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