There are 7 ways to get from Shanghai to Milan by plane, car, train, or bus
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Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Milan Linate Airport
best- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane PVG - LIN
18h 32m€198–561Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane PVG - BGY
18h 36m€182–533Drive 10,883.8 km
- Drive from Shanghai Station to Milano Centralecar 10,883.8 km
5d 5h€1,693–2,445Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane SHA - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Porta Garibalditrain
18h 27m€195–616Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane PVG - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Porta Garibalditrain
16h 29m€231–723Train to Sunan Shuofang International Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Take the train from Shanghai station to Wuxitrain
- Fly from Sunan Shuofang International Airport (WUX) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane WUX - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Porta Garibalditrain
20h 40m€218–679Bus to Nantong Xingdong Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Take the bus from Shanghai Zongzhan to Jiangsu Tongzhoubus
- Fly from Nantong Xingdong Airport (NTG) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane NTG - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Porta Garibalditrain
23h 9m€215–633
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Milan is to fly and train which costs €230 - €750 and takes 16h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Milan is to fly and train which takes 16h 29m and costs €230 - €750.
The distance between Shanghai and Milan is 9166 km. The road distance is 10883.8 km.
It takes approximately 18h 32m to get from Shanghai to Milan, including transfers.
Milan is 7h behind Shanghai. It is currently 11:09 AM in Shanghai and 4:09 AM in Milan.
Yes, the driving distance between Shanghai to Milan is 10884 km. It takes approximately 5 days 5h to drive from Shanghai to Milan.
There are 13603+ hotels available in Milan.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Milan, Italy?
Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, and five other airlines fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN) 5 times a day.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–650
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–650
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–490
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–700
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 27m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–700
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €210–700
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–650
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €230–900
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–950
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Beijing Capital, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–650
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–750
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €190–600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–460
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–650
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €200–600
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €170–490
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €160–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–800
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €190–600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €190–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–550
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €200–700
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €220–750
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €210–750
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €220–750
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €190–600
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zhengzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €210–650
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zhengzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €210–650
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €190–550
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–550
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Porta Garibaldi
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 02-72494949
- Website
- malpensaexpress.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Porta Garibaldi
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15
- Website
- https://www.malpensaexpress.it/en/
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- 2nd Class Seat
- €7–8
- 1st Class Seat
- €11–13
- Business Class Seat
- €17–24
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Hard Seat
- €5–8
- Hard Sleeper
- €6–10
- Soft Sleeper
- €15–22
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €7–14
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- €7–11
- Adult - 1st Class
- €9–14
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Hard Seat
- €2–4
- Hard sleeper
- €6–9
- Soft sleeper
- €10–14
- bus@chinatrainguide.com
- Website
- chinabusguide.com
Bus from Shanghai Zongzhan to Jiangsu Tongzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–12
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
- Bus
- €8–12
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