There are 8 ways to get from Shanghai to Manchester by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Manchester Airport
best- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane PVG - MAN
15h 37m£308–864Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Manchester Airport
cheapest- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane SHA - MAN
18h 5m£173–808Train to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, fly to Manchester Airport
- Take the train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou Easttrain
- Fly from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane HGH - MAN
21h 40m£281–523Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane PVG - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoriatrain
- Take the train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadillytrain
18h 17m£365–952Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane PVG - LHR
- Take the train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadillytrain
18h 35m£322–943Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane SHA - LHR
- Take the train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadillytrain
20h 3m£367–607Bus to Nantong Xingdong Airport, fly to Manchester Airport
- Take the bus from Shanghai Zongzhan to Jiangsu Tongzhoubus
- Fly from Nantong Xingdong Airport (NTG) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane NTG - MAN
21h 7m£192–773Train to Sunan Shuofang International Airport, fly to Manchester Airport
- Take the train from Shanghai station to Wuxitrain
- Fly from Sunan Shuofang International Airport (WUX) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane WUX - MAN
20h 18m£187–821
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Manchester Airport (MAN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Manchester is to train and fly which costs £280 - £550 and takes 21h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Manchester is to fly which takes 15h 37m and costs £300 - £900.
The distance between Shanghai and Manchester is 5774 miles.
It takes approximately 15h 37m to get from Shanghai to Manchester, including transfers.
Manchester is 8h behind Shanghai. It is currently 2:41 AM in Shanghai and 6:41 PM in Manchester.
There are 3621+ hotels available in Manchester.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Manchester, England?
Juneyao Airlines and Lufthansa fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Manchester Airport (MAN) twice daily.
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Manchester Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–800
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Manchester Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–800
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £330–650
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Qingdao
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £250–850
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Manchester Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–850
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Manchester Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–900
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–600
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–900
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–550
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–650
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–800
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Manchester Airport via Changsha, London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 32m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £210–950
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–800
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–900
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Manchester Airport via Beijing Capital, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180–750
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Manchester Airport via Beijing Capital, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180–800
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Manchester Airport via Beijing Capital, Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £180–800
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Manchester Airport via Beijing Capital, Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £190–850
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
- Website
- tianjin-air.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £330–650
- Website
- intl.jdair.net
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Qingdao
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £250–850
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou East
- 2nd Class Seat
- £8–9
- 1st Class Seat
- £13–14
- Business Class Seat
- £18–26
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- 2nd Class Seat
- £6–7
- 1st Class Seat
- £10–12
- Business Class Seat
- £14–21
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou East
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £7–14
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- £7–11
- Adult - 1st Class
- £10–14
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £6–12
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- £6–10
- Adult - 1st Class
- £8–12
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–28
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £19–30
- Website
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Hard Seat
- £5–8
- Hard Sleeper
- £5–9
- Soft Sleeper
- £13–19
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Hard Seat
- £2–4
- Hard sleeper
- £5–8
- Soft sleeper
- £9–12
- bus@chinatrainguide.com
- Website
- chinabusguide.com
Bus from Shanghai Zongzhan to Jiangsu Tongzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–11
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
- Bus
- £7–11
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