There are 6 ways to get from Shanghai to Kulim by plane, car, tram, bus, or train
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Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Penang International Airport
best- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Penang International Airport (PEN)plane SHA - PEN
11h 32mRM 688–1,952Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Penang International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Penang International Airport (PEN)plane PVG - PEN
10h 34mRM 447–1,382Drive 4,639.8 km
- Drive from Shanghai to Kulimcar 4,639.8 km
2d 8hRM 2,334–3,372Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Alor Setar, tram, bus
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Alor Setar (AOR)plane PVG - AOR
- Take the tram from Anak Bukit to Sungai Petanitram
- Take the bus from Sungai Petani to Kulimbus
13h 56mRM 558–2,487Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Ipoh, tram
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Ipoh (IPH)plane PVG - IPH
- Take the tram from Ipoh to Simpang Ampattram
14h 47mRM 865–3,600Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kuala Lumpur International Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL)plane PVG - KUL
- Take the train from Klia T1 to Bandar Tasik Selatantrain
- Take the bus from Terminal Bersepadu Selatan to Kulimbus
14h 42mRM 572–1,782
Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Penang International Airport (PEN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Kulim is to fly and train and bus which costs RM 550 - RM 1800 and takes 14h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Kulim is to fly which takes 10h 34m and costs RM 440 - RM 1400.
The distance between Shanghai and Kulim is 3681 km. The road distance is 4639.8 km.
It takes approximately 11h 32m to get from Shanghai to Kulim, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Shanghai to Kulim is 4640 km. It takes approximately 2 days 8h to drive from Shanghai to Kulim.
There are 709+ hotels available in Kulim.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Kulim, Malaysia?
Cathay Pacific, HK Express, and five other airlines fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Penang International Airport (PEN) 5 times a day.
- Website
- malaysiaairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Penang International Airport via Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 700–3,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Alor Setar via Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 500–3,600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 550–2,400
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Alor Setar via Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 850–2,600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Ipoh via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,100–7,500
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kuala Lumpur International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 550–3,500
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Penang International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 700–2,800
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Penang International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 750–3,800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Penang International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 600–2,600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 550–2,400
- Website
- ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Penang International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 650–4,500
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 600–4,000
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Alor Setar via Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 700–6,500
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Ipoh via Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Senai
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RM 800–3,500
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Penang International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 600–2,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Penang International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 650–2,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 550–1,700
- Website
- malindoair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Penang International Airport via Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 600–2,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Alor Setar via Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 700–2,500
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 470–1,700
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Penang International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 550–2,400
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 500–2,100
- Website
- airasiax.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- RM 340–1,600
- Website
- xiamenair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Penang International Airport via Xiamen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 600–2,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Penang International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 750–3,800
- Website
- hkexpress.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Penang International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 650–1,900
- Website
- flyscoot.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Ipoh via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 1,100–4,500
- Website
- shenzhenair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kuala Lumpur International Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 440–1,800
- Phone
- +603 - 9779 1200
- callcenter@ktmb.com.my
- Website
- ktmb.com.my
Tram from Anak Bukit to Sungai Petani
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- RM 1–19
- Website
- https://www.ktmb.com.my
- Shuttle
- RM 1–3
- Express
- RM 13–19
Tram from Ipoh to Simpang Ampat
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- RM 3–25
- Website
- https://www.ktmb.com.my
- Shuttle
- RM 3–5
- Express
- RM 17–25
- Phone
- +603 2267 8000
- customerenquiry@kliaekspres.com
- Website
- kliaekspres.com
Train from Klia T1 to Bandar Tasik Selatan
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- RM 1–60
- Website
- https://www.kliaekspres.com
- Phone
- 019-627 9129
- admin@saniexpress.com.my
- Website
- saniexpress.com.my
Bus from Sungai Petani to Kulim
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- RM 7–12
- Website
- https://saniexpress.com.my/
- Phone
- 03-6205 1399
- Website
- busonlineticket.com
Bus from Terminal Bersepadu Selatan to Kulim
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- RM 45–90
- Schedules at
- busonlineticket.com
- Book at
- busonlineticket.com
- Phone
- +606 952 0642
- expressmayangsari@yahoo.com
- Website
- mayangsariexpress.com.my
Bus from Terminal Bersepadu Selatan to Kulim
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- RM 40–75
- Schedules at
- mayangsariexpress.com.my
- Book at
- mayangsariexpress.com.my
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