There are 8 ways to get from Shanghai to Istanbul (State) by plane, car, train, or bus
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Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Istanbul Airport
best- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Istanbul Airport (IST)plane SHA - IST
17h 27m₺16,116–46,116Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane PVG - SAW
18h 29m₺9,948–26,449Drive 10,175.9 km
- Drive from Shanghai Station to Istanbulcar 10,175.9 km
4d 18h₺70,020–101,139Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Istanbul Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Istanbul Airport (IST)plane PVG - IST
15h 59m₺18,490–45,491Train to Sunan Shuofang International Airport, fly to Istanbul Airport
- Take the train from Shanghai station to Wuxitrain
- Fly from Sunan Shuofang International Airport (WUX) to Istanbul Airport (IST)plane WUX - IST
18h 45m₺13,292–38,928Bus to Nantong Xingdong Airport, fly to Istanbul Airport
- Take the bus from Shanghai Zongzhan to Jiangsu Tongzhoubus
- Fly from Nantong Xingdong Airport (NTG) to Istanbul Airport (IST)plane NTG - IST
20h 49m₺14,765–43,125Train to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, fly to Istanbul Airport
- Take the train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou Easttrain
- Fly from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH) to Istanbul Airport (IST)plane HGH - IST
19h 32m₺13,632–38,187Train to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Take the train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou Easttrain
- Fly from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane HGH - SAW
22h 42m₺14,590–39,145
Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Istanbul Airport (IST) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Istanbul (State) is to fly which costs 9.500 ₺ - 27.000 ₺ and takes 18h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Istanbul (State) is to fly which takes 15h 59m and costs 18.000 ₺ - 46.000 ₺.
The distance between Shanghai and Istanbul (State) is 8038 km. The road distance is 10175.9 km.
It takes approximately 17h 27m to get from Shanghai to Istanbul (State), including transfers.
Istanbul (State) is 5h behind Shanghai. It is currently 12:44 AM in Shanghai and 7:44 PM in Istanbul (State).
Yes, the driving distance between Shanghai to Istanbul (State) is 10176 km. It takes approximately 4 days 18h to drive from Shanghai to Istanbul (State).
There are 4197+ hotels available in Istanbul (State).
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Istanbul (State), Turkey?
Air China, China Southern Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Istanbul Airport (IST) 3 times a day.
Airlines
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Istanbul Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺12,000–39,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Istanbul Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺11,000–37,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Istanbul Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺11,000–36,000
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Istanbul Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺13,000–44,000
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Istanbul Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺14,000–46,000
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Istanbul Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺15,000–50,000
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Istanbul Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺15,000–55,000
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Istanbul Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺13,000–43,000
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Istanbul Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺14,000–47,000
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Istanbul Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺13,000–42,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Istanbul Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺11,000–39,000
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Istanbul Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺18,000–60,000
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Istanbul Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 12m
- When
- Sunday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₺15,000–60,000
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Istanbul Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺19,000–65,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Istanbul Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺11,000–33,000
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Istanbul Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺16,000–55,000
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Istanbul Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺14,000–60,000
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Istanbul Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺13,000–55,000
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺11,000–33,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺12,000–38,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Tbilisi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺9,500–26,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺9,500–26,000
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺14,000–38,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Istanbul Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ₺11,000–32,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Istanbul Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺9,500–27,000
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Istanbul Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ₺13,000–38,000
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Istanbul Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ₺13,000–37,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Istanbul Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺14,000–48,000
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Istanbul Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺15,000–55,000
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Istanbul Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺14,000–47,000
- Website
- airarabia.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺10,000–29,000
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺24,000–60,000
- Website
- hkairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Istanbul Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺15,000–55,000
- Website
- mahan.aero
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Istanbul Airport via Tehran Imam Khomeini
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ₺10,000–39,000
- Website
- scat.kz
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Istanbul Airport via Shimkent
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺12,000–35,000
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Istanbul Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺23,000–50,000
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Istanbul Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺25,000–65,000
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺19,000–55,000
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺19,000–60,000
- Website
- nileair.com
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺24,000–60,000
Train operators
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₺440–490
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- ₺440–490
- 1st Class Seat
- ₺700–800
- Business Class Seat
- ₺1,000–1,400
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou East
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₺550–600
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- ₺550–600
- 1st Class Seat
- ₺900–1,000
- Business Class Seat
- ₺1,200–1,800
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou East
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₺550–600
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- ₺550–600
- 1st Class Seat
- ₺900–1,000
- Business Class Seat
- ₺1,200–1,800
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Hard Seat
- ₺340–490
- Hard Sleeper
- ₺370–600
- Soft Sleeper
- ₺900–1,300
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺470–800
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ₺470–650
- Adult - 1st Class
- ₺550–800
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou East
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺500–1,000
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ₺500–750
- Adult - 1st Class
- ₺700–1,000
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou East
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺500–1,000
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ₺500–750
- Adult - 1st Class
- ₺700–1,000
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Hard Seat
- ₺170–230
- Hard sleeper
- ₺380–550
- Soft sleeper
- ₺600–850
Bus operators
- bus@chinatrainguide.com
- Website
- chinabusguide.com
Bus from Shanghai Zongzhan to Jiangsu Tongzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺421–750
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
- Bus
- ₺500–750
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