There are 7 ways to get from Shanghai to Essen by plane, car, or train
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Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane PVG - DUS
17h 20m€215–829Drive 10,496.5 km
- Drive from Shanghai Station to Essencar 10,496.5 km
4d 23h€1,478–2,135Fly 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 Essen Hbftrain
16h 45m€362–578Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane PVG - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Essen Hbftrain
19h 31m€255–949Fly 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 Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Oberhausen Hbftrain
18h 33m€312–969Fly 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
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbftrain
20h 37m€468–1,446Fly 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
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbftrain
18h 39m€384–703
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Essen is to fly and train which costs €360 - €600 and takes 16h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Essen is to fly and train which takes 16h 45m and costs €360 - €600.
The distance between Shanghai and Essen is 8948 km. The road distance is 10496.5 km.
It takes approximately 17h 20m to get from Shanghai to Essen, including transfers.
Essen is 6h behind Shanghai. It is currently 11:59 PM in Shanghai and 5:59 PM in Essen.
Yes, the driving distance between Shanghai to Essen is 10496 km. It takes approximately 4 days 23h to drive from Shanghai to Essen.
There are 754+ hotels available in Essen.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Essen, Germany?
Lufthansa, Air China, and four other airlines fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) 4 times a day.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–1,300
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €340–1,300
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,300
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–900
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–1,200
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €260–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–1,300
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €340–1,300
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,300
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Brussels Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–1,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Brussels Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €220–1,100
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €250–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €230–900
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
- €230–900
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Brussels Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Brussels Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €270–550
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–950
- 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
- €280–1,100
- 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
- €270–1,100
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €210–1,000
- 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
- €240–950
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–950
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–14
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Oberhausen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €12–14
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €12–14
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- fahrgaeste@train-rental.com
- Website
- train-rental.com
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- train-rental.com
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