There are 7 ways to get from Shanghai to Istanbul by plane, car, train, or bus
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Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Istanbul
best- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Istanbul (IST)plane SHA - IST
17h 12m₺15,026–26,026Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Istanbul
cheapest- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Istanbul (IST)plane PVG - IST
15h 49m₺7,838–22,339Drive 10,134.8 km
- Drive from Shanghai Station to Istanbulcar 10,134.8 km
4d 21h₺55,419–80,049Train to Sunan Shuofang International Airport, fly to Istanbul
- Take the train from Shanghai station to Wuxitrain
- Fly from Sunan Shuofang International Airport (WUX) to Istanbul (IST)plane WUX - IST
18h 30m₺10,174–31,704Bus to Nantong Xingdong Airport, fly to Istanbul
- Take the bus from Shanghai Zongzhan to Jiangsu Tongzhoubus
- Fly from Nantong Xingdong Airport (NTG) to Istanbul (IST)plane NTG - IST
20h 49m₺9,570–28,860Train to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, fly to Istanbul
- Take the train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou Easttrain
- Fly from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH) to Istanbul (IST)plane HGH - IST
19h 8m₺13,480–20,888Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane PVG - SAW
19h 36m₺9,351–27,360
Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Istanbul (IST) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Istanbul is to fly which costs 7.500 ₺ - 23.000 ₺ and takes 15h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Istanbul is to fly which takes 15h 49m and costs 7.500 ₺ - 23.000 ₺.
The distance between Shanghai and Istanbul is 8038 km. The road distance is 10134.8 km.
It takes approximately 17h 12m to get from Shanghai to Istanbul, including transfers.
Istanbul is 5h behind Shanghai. It is currently 6:36 AM in Shanghai and 1:36 AM in Istanbul.
Yes, the driving distance between Shanghai to Istanbul is 10135 km. It takes approximately 4 days 21h to drive from Shanghai to Istanbul.
There are 4372+ hotels available in Istanbul.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Istanbul, Turkey?
China Southern Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Istanbul (IST) 3 times a day.
Airlines
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Istanbul via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺15,000–23,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Istanbul via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺15,000–23,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Istanbul via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺15,000–23,000
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Istanbul via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺10,000–36,000
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Istanbul via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 32m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺11,000–39,000
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Istanbul via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺10,000–35,000
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Istanbul via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺10,000–29,000
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Istanbul via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺8,000–29,000
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Istanbul via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺8,000–29,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Istanbul via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺9,000–40,000
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Istanbul via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺12,000–44,000
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Istanbul via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺9,000–40,000
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Istanbul via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺8,000–27,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Istanbul via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺11,000–40,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺9,000–32,000
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Istanbul via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺13,000–47,000
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Istanbul via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺10,000–29,000
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Istanbul via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺12,000–43,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Istanbul via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ₺9,000–28,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺7,500–22,000
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Istanbul via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ₺10,000–31,000
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Istanbul via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ₺9,000–28,000
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Istanbul via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ₺13,000–16,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Istanbul via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺15,000–23,000
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Istanbul via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺11,000–32,000
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Istanbul via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺10,000–29,000
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Istanbul via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ₺8,000–29,000
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺9,000–27,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺12,000–41,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺8,500–39,000
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Istanbul via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺8,500–26,000
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺12,000–41,000
- Website
- s7.ru
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Istanbul via Novosibirsk
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₺8,000–32,000
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Istanbul via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺15,000–40,000
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Istanbul via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺14,000–43,000
Train operators
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₺370–410
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- ₺370–410
- 1st Class Seat
- ₺600–650
- Business Class Seat
- ₺850–1,300
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou East
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₺460–500
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- ₺460–500
- 1st Class Seat
- ₺700–850
- Business Class Seat
- ₺1,000–1,600
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺390–700
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ₺390–550
- Adult - 1st Class
- ₺480–700
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou East
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺440–800
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ₺440–650
- Adult - 1st Class
- ₺550–800
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Hard Seat
- ₺140–190
- Hard sleeper
- ₺310–430
- Soft sleeper
- ₺500–700
Bus operators
- bus@chinatrainguide.com
- Website
- chinabusguide.com
Bus from Shanghai Zongzhan to Jiangsu Tongzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺350–600
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
- Bus
- ₺440–600
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