There are 7 ways to get from Shanghai to Tijuana by plane, bus, or train
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Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Diego International Airport
best- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane PVG - SAN
18h 42m$7,736–21,525Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Mcclellan–Palomar Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Mcclellan–Palomar Airport (CLD)plane PVG - CLD
- Take the train from Carlsbad Village Station to San Diego - Santa Fe Depottrain
27h 17m$5,766–16,575Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Tijuana International Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Tijuana International Airport (TIJ)plane SHA - TIJ
18h 46m$6,481–19,611Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tijuana International Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Tijuana International Airport (TIJ)plane PVG - TIJ
18h 48m$6,110–16,741Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport, bus
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane PVG - LAX
- Take the bus from LAX Terminal 3 Shared Rides Stop to San Diegobus
19h 32m$8,686–20,275Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Burbank Bob Hope Airport (BUR)plane PVG - BUR
- Take the train from Los Angeles to San Diego Old Town Transportation Centertrain
23h 41m$9,446–24,935Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to John Wayne Airport Orange County (SNA)plane PVG - SNA
- Take the train from Fullerton Amtrak Station to San Diego Old Town Transportation Centertrain
24h 12m$7,756–20,545
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to San Diego International Airport (SAN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Tijuana is to fly and train which costs $5500 - $17000 and takes 27h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Tijuana is to fly which takes 18h 42m and costs $7500 - $22000.
The distance between Shanghai and Tijuana is 10668 km.
It takes approximately 18h 42m to get from Shanghai to Tijuana, including transfers.
Tijuana is 15h behind Shanghai. It is currently 11:14 AM in Shanghai and 8:14 PM in Tijuana.
There are 576+ hotels available in Tijuana.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Tijuana, Mexico?
United Airlines, Air Canada, and three other airlines fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to San Diego International Airport (SAN) every 4 hours.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $8,500–29,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Diego International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $8,500–29,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $4,500–15,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $4,500–15,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Mcclellan–Palomar Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $5,500–22,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $8,500–33,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $7,000–26,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Tijuana International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $6,000–19,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tijuana International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $5,500–16,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $8,500–30,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 52m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $8,500–29,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 24m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $4,500–15,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $4,600–16,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $8,000–27,000
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $8,500–30,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $4,600–16,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 19m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $8,500–23,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $7,000–19,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $7,500–21,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $4,100–11,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $11,000–36,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Mcclellan–Palomar Airport via Los Angeles International Airport, Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 4m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $7,000–23,000
- Website
- jsx.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Mcclellan–Palomar Airport via San Francisco, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $6,500–22,000
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $10,000–33,000
- Phone
- +1 760-966-6500
- apeatwatson@nctd.org
- Website
- gonctd.com
Train from Carlsbad Village Station to San Diego - Santa Fe Depot
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://gonctd.com
- Schedules at
- https://gonctd.com/schedules/
- Adult
- $0
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Los Angeles to San Diego Old Town Transportation Center
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $650–1,400
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Fullerton Amtrak Station to San Diego Old Town Transportation Center
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $500–1,100
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- (858) 430-8440
- contact@gorelaxsan.com
- Website
- gorelaxsan.com
Bus from LAX Terminal 3 Shared Rides Stop to San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Website
- https://www.gorelaxsan.com/
- Phone
- (323)-776-5467
- hello@laxlinq.com
- Website
- laxlinq.com
Bus from LAX Terminal 3 Shared Rides Stop to San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $1,000–1,900
- Website
- https://laxlinq.com/
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