There are 7 ways to get from Shanghai to Washington by plane, subway, train, or bus
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Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
best- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)plane PVG - DCA
19h 13m$908–6,509Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)plane PVG - BWI
- Take the train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Stationtrain
21h 15m$360–1,761Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)plane PVG - IAD
- Take the subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platformsubway
21h 4m$610–967Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)plane SHA - IAD
- Take the subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platformsubway
22h 20m$363–1,509Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)plane SHA - DCA
21h 31m$951–3,401Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Richmond International Airport, bus
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Richmond International Airport (RIC)plane PVG - RIC
- Take the bus from Richmond to Washington Union Stationbus
24h 36m$430–1,444Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)plane PVG - JFK
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Washington Union Stationtrain
22h 15m$541–1,548
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Washington is to fly and subway which costs $600 - $1,000 and takes 21h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Washington is to fly which takes 19h 13m and costs $900 - $6,500.
The distance between Shanghai and Washington is 7518 miles.
It takes approximately 19h 13m to get from Shanghai to Washington, including transfers.
Washington is 12h behind Shanghai. It is currently 4:03 PM in Shanghai and 4:03 AM in Washington.
There are 1777+ hotels available in Washington.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Washington, DC, USA?
Air Canada, Delta, and three other airlines fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) 5 times a day.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,500
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 56m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,600
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Beijing Capital, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,400
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–3,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 24m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–3,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Beijing Capital, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,400
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 29m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–3,500
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 54m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Fuzhou, John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 42m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,400
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 6m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 49m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–800
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,500
- Website
- flybreeze.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Richmond International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 56m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,900
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 52m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,400
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
- Phone
- +1 202 466 3876
- Website
- wmata.com
Subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–8
- Website
- https://www.wmata.com
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $2–3
- standard fare 5 a.m - 9:30 p.m.
- $5–8
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Northeast Regional
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $4–200
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $4–200
- Business Class
- $45–230
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–300
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $30–300
- Business Class
- $95–350
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6–15
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–120
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- 1-866-743-3682
- Website
- mta.maryland.gov
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–9
- Website
- https://www.mta.maryland.gov
- Standard Fare
- $2–9
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–550
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $6–440
- First Class
- $100–550
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–750
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $50–490
- First Class
- $200–750
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Richmond to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–22
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Richmond to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $17–35
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
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