There are 9 ways to get from Ulm to Shanghai by train, plane, car, or ferry
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Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
best- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to München Hbftrain
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen Münchentrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane MUC - PVG
15h 56m¥3,142–5,496Train, ferry, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhoftrain
- Take the ferry from Friedrichshafen Faehre to Romanshorn Autoquaiferry
- Take the train from Romanshorn to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane ZRH - PVG
17h 53m¥2,474–4,877Drive 10,514.4 km
- Drive from Ulm to Shanghai Stationcar 10,514.4 km
5d¥11,749–16,970Train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane STR - PVG
17h 54m¥2,560–7,988Train to Frankfurt, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane FRA - PVG
15h 41m¥2,685–4,927Train to Frankfurt, fly to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA)plane FRA - SHA
17h 30m¥2,535–8,677Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to München Hbftrain
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen Münchentrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA)plane MUC - SHA
18h 49m¥2,592–8,246Train, train to Nuremberg Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Take the train from Ulm Hbf to Donauwoerthtrain
- Take the train from Donauwörth to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane NUE - PVG
20h 15m¥3,374–9,442Train to Frankfurt, fly to Sunan Shuofang International Airport, train
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Sunan Shuofang International Airport (WUX)plane FRA - WUX
- Take the train from Wuxi to Shanghai stationtrain
19h 21m¥3,057–9,758
Munich International Airport (MUC) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ulm to Shanghai is to train and ferry and fly which costs ¥2400 - ¥4900 and takes 17h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Ulm to Shanghai is to train and fly which takes 15h 41m and costs ¥2600 - ¥5000.
The distance between Ulm and Shanghai is 9004 km. The road distance is 10514.4 km.
It takes approximately 15h 56m to get from Ulm to Shanghai, including transfers.
Shanghai is 6h ahead of Ulm. It is currently 6:33 PM in Ulm and 12:33 AM in Shanghai.
Yes, the driving distance between Ulm to Shanghai is 10514 km. It takes approximately 5 days 0h to drive from Ulm to Shanghai.
There are 1772+ hotels available in Shanghai.
What companies run services between Ulm, Germany and Shanghai, China?
There is no direct connection from Ulm to Shanghai. However, you can take the train to München Hbf, walk to Hauptbahnhof, take the train to Flughafen München, walk to Munich International Airport (MUC) airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG), walk to Pudong International Airport, take the train to Longyang Road, walk to Longyang Road, then take the line 2 subway to West Nanjing Road. Alternatively, you can drive from Ulm to Shanghai Station in around 5d.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–10,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–7,500
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–11,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–4,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–4,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–7,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–8,500
Flights from Munich International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–11,000
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,400–12,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–9,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–8,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,100–10,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Shenyang
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,200–12,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–10,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–11,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–4,000
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,400–12,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,400–10,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,300–12,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,400–12,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–9,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥4,000–14,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–3,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–5,000
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–8,500
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Shenyang
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–3,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–9,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–11,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,500–13,000
- Website
- scat.kz
Flights from Munich International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Shimkent
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,100–7,000
- Website
- vietnamairlines.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,200–9,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–8,500
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–9,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–4,100
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,300–11,000
- Website
- shenzhenair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Shenyang
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,200–12,000
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥210–650
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥120–390
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥380–1,200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥140–460
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Donauwörth to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥130–430
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥120–280
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥75–170
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥230–500
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 821 899 825 44
- servus@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥230–380
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥130–230
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥250–400
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen München
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥60–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥130–200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥150–240
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Donauwörth to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥140–220
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥110–170
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-bw.de
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥120–220
- Schedules at
- arverio-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- ¥120–150
- 1st Class Ticket
- ¥150–220
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ¥95–130
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥110–140
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Romanshorn to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥220–650
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 800 589 28 40
- servus@agilis.de
- Website
- agilis.de
Train from Ulm Hbf to Donauwoerth
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥170–440
- Schedules at
- agilis.de
Train from Wuxi to Shanghai station
- Hard Seat
- ¥45–65
- Hard Sleeper
- ¥45–80
- Soft Sleeper
- ¥120–180
Train from Wuxi to Shanghai station
- Hard Seat
- ¥23–35
- Hard sleeper
- ¥50–70
- Soft sleeper
- ¥80–110
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 3640-0
- info@bsb.de
- Website
- bsb.de
Ferry from Friedrichshafen Faehre to Romanshorn Autoquai
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥70–95
- Schedules at
- bsb.de
- Phone
- +41 71 466 78 88
- info@sbsag.ch
- Website
- bodensee-schiffe.ch
Ferry from Friedrichshafen Faehre to Romanshorn Autoquai
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- bodensee-schiffe.ch
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