There are 9 ways to get from Shanghai to Europe by plane, train, car, or bus
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Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt, train
best- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane PVG - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhoftrain
20h 25m$377–559Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Frankfurt, train
cheapest- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane SHA - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhoftrain
22h 18m$270–871Drive 10,325.9 km
- Drive from Shanghai Station to Europecar 10,325.9 km
4d 22h$1,701–2,457Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Hannover Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)plane PVG - HAJ
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Göttingentrain
- Take the train from Göttingen to Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhoftrain
23h 8mFly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane SHA - BER
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Eisenach Hbftrain
23h 39m$509–1,314Train to Sunan Shuofang International Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Shanghai station to Wuxitrain
- Fly from Sunan Shuofang International Airport (WUX) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane WUX - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhoftrain
23h 16m$293–936Bus to Nantong Xingdong Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the bus from Shanghai Zongzhan to Jiangsu Tongzhoubus
- Fly from Nantong Xingdong Airport (NTG) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane NTG - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhoftrain
27h 30m$292–890Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane PVG - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from München Hbf to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhoftrain
22h 24m$564–916Fly 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 Frankfurttrain
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Eisenach Hbftrain
23h 55m$426–976
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Frankfurt (FRA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Europe is to fly and train which costs $370 - $600 and takes 20h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Europe is to fly and train which takes 20h 25m and costs $370 - $600.
The distance between Shanghai and Europe is 9096 km. The road distance is 10325.9 km.
It takes approximately 20h 25m to get from Shanghai to Europe, including transfers.
Europe is 7h behind Shanghai. It is currently 12:02 AM in Shanghai and 5:02 PM in Europe.
Yes, the driving distance between Shanghai to Europe is 10326 km. It takes approximately 4 days 22h to drive from Shanghai to Europe.
There are 794+ hotels available in Europe.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Europe?
There is no direct connection from Shanghai to Europe. However, you can take the line 2 subway to Longyang Road, walk to Longyang Road, take the train to Pudong International Airport, walk to Shanghai-Pudong-Airport-PVG airport, fly to Frankfurt (FRA), walk to Frankfurt, take the train to Fulda Bahnhof, take the train to Bebra Bahnhof, take the train to Sontra Bahnhof, walk to Sontra Breitwiese, then take the line 260 bus to Nentershausen-Süß Gerstunger Straße. Alternatively, you can drive from Shanghai Station to Europe in around 4d 22h.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–550
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–550
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Frankfurt via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Hannover Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,400
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Frankfurt via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–850
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Frankfurt via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 12m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–900
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Frankfurt via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–850
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Frankfurt via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–550
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–550
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Frankfurt via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Hannover Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,400
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,400
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Frankfurt via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–900
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Frankfurt via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Brussels Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–750
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–1,100
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Hannover Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Munich International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–900
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Brussels Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–950
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–650
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–470
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Hannover Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Frankfurt via Shenyang
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Frankfurt via Shenyang
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $260–950
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Hannover Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–700
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $15–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $15–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Eisenach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $65–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussels-Nord to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $55–180
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Eisenach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $29–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Göttingen to Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Flughafen München to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–17
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- 2nd Class Seat
- $8–10
- 1st Class Seat
- $13–15
- Business Class Seat
- $19–28
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Hard Seat
- $6–10
- Hard Sleeper
- $7–11
- Soft Sleeper
- $17–25
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–16
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $9–13
- Adult - 1st Class
- $11–16
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Hard Seat
- $3–5
- Hard sleeper
- $7–10
- Soft sleeper
- $12–16
- bus@chinatrainguide.com
- Website
- chinabusguide.com
Bus from Shanghai Zongzhan to Jiangsu Tongzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–14
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
- Bus
- $10–14
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