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)PVG - SAN
17h 54m$6,222–18,529Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tijuana International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Tijuana International Airport (TIJ)PVG - TIJ
33h 47m$4,665–16,309Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Tijuana International Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Tijuana International Airport (TIJ)SHA - TIJ
18h 32m$14,842–27,395Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport, bus
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)PVG - LAX
- Take the bus from LAX Terminal 3 Shared Rides Stop to San Diego
19h 8m$7,667–14,274Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Mcclellan–Palomar Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Mcclellan–Palomar Airport (CLD)PVG - CLD
- Take the train from Carlsbad Village Station to San Diego - Santa Fe Depot
22h 2m$5,052–14,579Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Burbank Bob Hope Airport (BUR)PVG - BUR
- Take the train from Los Angeles to San Diego Old Town Transportation Center
22h 40m$5,857–17,204Fly 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)PVG - SNA
- Take the train from Fullerton Amtrak Station to San Diego Old Town Transportation Center
24h 7m$6,241–18,098
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 $5000 - $15000 and takes 22h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Tijuana is to fly which takes 17h 54m and costs $6000 - $19000.
The distance between Shanghai and Tijuana is 10667 km.
It takes approximately 17h 54m to get from Shanghai to Tijuana, including transfers.
Tijuana is 16h behind Shanghai. It is currently 1:27 AM in Shanghai and 9:27 AM in Tijuana.
There are 603+ hotels available in Tijuana.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Tijuana, Mexico?
Delta, United Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to San Diego International Airport (SAN) every 4 hours.
Transport is disrupted due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Read more
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $7,000–26,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Diego International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $7,000–26,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $4,300–16,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $4,300–16,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Mcclellan–Palomar Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $4,800–20,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $6,000–22,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $5,500–24,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 41m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $7,000–26,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 13m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $7,000–27,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $4,300–16,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $4,400–16,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $6,500–24,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Diego International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 54m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $6,000–18,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tijuana International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 18m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $5,000–19,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tijuana International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport, Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 48m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $4,400–16,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tijuana International Airport via Seattle, Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 43m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $4,400–16,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tijuana International Airport via Vancouver, Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 8m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $4,400–16,000
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $7,000–27,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $4,400–16,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 12m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $5,500–17,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 13m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $6,000–18,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,700–11,000
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Diego International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 54m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $6,000–18,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $6,000–23,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Tijuana International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $4,400–16,000
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tijuana International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Chihuahua
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $5,000–19,000
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $5,000–16,000
- Phone
- +1 760-966-6500
- 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 Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Los Angeles to San Diego Old Town Transportation Center
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $600–700
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Fullerton Amtrak Station to San Diego Old Town Transportation Center
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $500–650
- 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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