There are 6 ways to get from Shanghai to Melbourne by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Melbourne Airport
best- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane PVG - MEL
13h 48m$319–840Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Melbourne Airport
cheapest- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane SHA - MEL
15h 21m$299–679Train to Sunan Shuofang International Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
- Take the train from Shanghai station to Wuxitrain
- Fly from Sunan Shuofang International Airport (WUX) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane WUX - MEL
15h 59m$404–1,352Train to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
- Take the train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou Easttrain
- Fly from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane HGH - MEL
16h 21m$324–1,258Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Avalon Airport, bus
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Avalon Airport (AVV)plane PVG - AVV
- Take the bus from Avalon Airport/Outside Terminal to Skybus Coach Terminalbus
17h 58m$459–1,540Bus to Zhoushan, fly to Melbourne Airport
- Take the bus from Shanghai South to Putuo Mountainbus
- Fly from Zhoushan (HSN) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane HSN - MEL
21h 47m$396–1,274
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Melbourne Airport (MEL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Melbourne is to train and fly which costs $320 - $1,300 and takes 16h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Melbourne is to fly which takes 13h 48m and costs $310 - $850.
The distance between Shanghai and Melbourne is 8076 km.
It takes approximately 13h 48m to get from Shanghai to Melbourne, including transfers.
Melbourne is 3h ahead of Shanghai. It is currently 8:03 AM in Shanghai and 11:03 AM in Melbourne.
There are 5345+ hotels available in Melbourne.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Melbourne, VIC, Australia?
China Eastern Airlines, Juneyao Airlines, and Qantas fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Melbourne Airport (MEL) every 4 hours.
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Melbourne Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–900
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–950
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–950
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–900
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,600
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Avalon Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Avalon Airport via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,400
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,600
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Melbourne Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–900
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
Flights from Zhoushan to Melbourne Airport via Wuhan, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
- Website
- xiamenair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Xiamen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–650
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Xiamen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Xiamen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Zhoushan to Melbourne Airport via Xiamen
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,300
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,600
Flights from Zhoushan to Melbourne Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
- Website
- shenzhenair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,600
Flights from Zhoushan to Melbourne Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
- Website
- intl.jdair.net
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Melbourne Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Zhoushan to Melbourne Airport via Qingdao
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,600
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Avalon Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,500
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Avalon Airport via Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,500
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Melbourne Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–900
- Website
- hkairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Melbourne Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–14
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- $12–14
- 1st Class Seat
- $19–22
- Business Class Seat
- $27–40
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou East
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $15–17
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- $15–17
- 1st Class Seat
- $24–27
- Business Class Seat
- $30–50
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Hard Seat
- $9–14
- Hard Sleeper
- $10–16
- Soft Sleeper
- $25–35
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12–22
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $12–18
- Adult - 1st Class
- $15–22
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou East
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $14–27
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $14–20
- Adult - 1st Class
- $19–27
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Hard Seat
- $4–7
- Hard sleeper
- $10–15
- Soft sleeper
- $17–22
- Phone
- 1300 759 287
- info@skybus.com.au
- Website
- skybus.com.au
Bus from Avalon Airport/Outside Terminal to Skybus Coach Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $28
- Website
- https://www.skybus.com.au
- Schedules at
- https://www.skybus.com.au/timetables/
- Book at
- https://www.skybus.com.au/buy-tickets/
- bus@chinatrainguide.com
- Website
- chinabusguide.com
Bus from Shanghai South to Putuo Mountain
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–31
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
- Bus
- $20–28
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