There are 6 ways to get from Shanghai to Edinburgh by plane or train
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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£350–660Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
cheapest- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane PVG - EDI
18h 34m£165–436Fly 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
19h 38m£175–475Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Newcastle (NCL)plane PVG - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
22h 48m£206–571Fly 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 13m£257–748Fly 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 48m£370–666
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 £160 - £440 and takes 18h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 18h 34m and costs £160 - £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 9:03 AM in Shanghai and 1:03 AM in Edinburgh.
There are 2802+ 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 42m
- When
- Tuesday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £150–470
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 41m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £150–480
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newcastle via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £190–550
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £230–650
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £150–430
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £150–420
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £160–430
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newcastle via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £220–650
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newcastle via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £180–490
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–900
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £160–440
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–900
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 22m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–600
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £170–460
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Newcastle via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £190–550
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–480
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £160–440
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £230–700
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £220–650
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £170–490
- 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 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £50–80
- 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
- £7–14
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
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 Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–80
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £27–40
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £28–40
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
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