There are 10 ways to get from Shanghai to Pakse by plane, bus, train, car, or night bus
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Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Ubon Ratchathani Airport, bus
best- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Ubon Ratchathani Airport (UBP)plane PVG - UBP
- Take the bus from Ubon Ratchathani to Paksebus
13h 54m$126–429Train, bus, night bus
cheapest- Take the train from Shanghai South to Kunmingtrain
- Take the bus from Kunming South to Laos Vientianebus
- Take the night bus from Vientiane to Paksenightbus
2d 22h$104–222Train, bus
- Take the train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Kunming Southtrain
- Take the train from Kunming South to Vientiane stationtrain
- Take the bus from Vientiane Southern Bus Station to Paksebus
33h 56m$237–338Train, bus via Kunming South
- Take the train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Kunming Southtrain
- Take the bus from Kunming South to Laos Vientianebus
- Take the bus from Vientiane Southern Bus Station to Paksebus
39h 3m$218–312Drive 3,072.8 km
- Drive from Shanghai to Paksecar 3,072.8 km
35h 37m$551–795Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Pakse International Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Pakse International Airport (PKZ)plane SHA - PKZ
12h 29m$173–704Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Pakse International Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Pakse International Airport (PKZ)plane PVG - PKZ
15h 11m$120–412Train to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, fly to Ubon Ratchathani Airport, bus
- Take the train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou Easttrain
- Fly from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH) to Ubon Ratchathani Airport (UBP)plane HGH - UBP
- Take the bus from Ubon Ratchathani to Paksebus
16h 7m$150–482Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Phu Bai International Airport, drive
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Phu Bai International Airport (HUI)plane PVG - HUI
- Drive from Phu Bai International Airport (HUI) to Paksecar
14h 54m$153–409Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Da Nang International Airport, drive
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Da Nang International Airport (DAD)plane SHA - DAD
- Drive from Da Nang International Airport (DAD) to Paksecar
15h 29m$221–401
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Ubon Ratchathani Airport (UBP) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Pakse is to train and bus and night bus which costs $100 - $230 and takes 2 days 22h.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Pakse is to fly which takes 12h 29m and costs $170 - $750.
The distance between Shanghai and Pakse is 2652 km. The road distance is 3072.8 km.
The best way to get from Shanghai to Pakse without a car is to train and bus which takes 33h 56m and costs $230 - $340.
It takes approximately 13h 54m to get from Shanghai to Pakse, including transfers.
Pakse is 1h behind Shanghai. It is currently 11:31 PM in Shanghai and 10:31 PM in Pakse.
Yes, the driving distance between Shanghai to Pakse is 3073 km. It takes approximately 35h 37m to drive from Shanghai to Pakse.
There are 44+ hotels available in Pakse.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Pakse, Laos?
Shanghai Airlines, GX Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Pakse International Airport (PKZ) twice daily.
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Ubon Ratchathani Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–900
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Ubon Ratchathani Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
- Website
- vietjetair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Ubon Ratchathani Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–470
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Ubon Ratchathani Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
- Website
- laoairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Pakse International Airport via Nanning, Vientiane
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–1,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Pakse International Airport via Tan Son Nhat
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $110–400
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Pakse International Airport via Vientiane
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
- Website
- vietnamairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Phu Bai International Airport via Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–410
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Phu Bai International Airport via Tan Son Nhat
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
- Website
- vietjetair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Phu Bai International Airport via Tan Son Nhat
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–360
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Phu Bai International Airport via Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–420
- Website
- airmacau.com.mo
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Da Nang International Airport via Macau
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–480
- Website
- lionairthai.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Ubon Ratchathani Airport via Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–380
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Ubon Ratchathani Airport via Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–420
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Ubon Ratchathani Airport via Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–380
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Ubon Ratchathani Airport via Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–430
- Website
- hkairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Da Nang International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–700
- Website
- nokair.com
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Ubon Ratchathani Airport via Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–420
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Da Nang International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–210
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Kunming South
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 53m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $140–160
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- $140–160
- 1st Class Seat
- $230–260
- Business Class Seat
- $340–490
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou East
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–12
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- $10–12
- 1st Class Seat
- $17–19
- Business Class Seat
- $24–35
- Website
- facebook.com
Train from Kunming South to Vientiane station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–120
- Schedules at
- baolau.com
- Second Class
- $65–80
- First Class
- $90–120
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou East
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–19
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $10–14
- Adult - 1st Class
- $13–19
Train from Shanghai South to Kunming
- Hard Seat
- $35–50
- Hard sleeper
- $60–90
- Soft sleeper
- $100–130
- Phone
- 1490
- borkorsor@transport.co.th
- Website
- tcl99web.transport.co.th
Bus from Ubon Ratchathani to Pakse
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $4–35
- Book at
- https://12go.asia/en/operator/transport-co
- Website
- https://tcl99web.transport.co.th/Home
- Phone
- +856 31 214 842
- greenparadisetours99@gmail.com
- Website
- 12go.asia
Bus from Vientiane Southern Bus Station to Pakse
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $26–50
- Book at
- 12go.asia
- bus@chinatrainguide.com
- Website
- chinabusguide.com
Bus from Kunming South to Laos Vientiane
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–85
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
- Bus
- $40–60
- Phone
- +856 21 254512-5
- booking@soutchai.com
- Website
- soutchaitravel.com
Night bus from Vientiane to Pakse
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $27–45
- Schedules at
- soutchaitravel.com
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