There are 9 ways to get from France to Shanghai by plane, car, or train
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Fly Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
best- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane CDG - PVG
14h 49m¥2,745–6,145Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Strasbourg to Mannheim Hbftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA)plane FRA - SHA
17h 20m¥2,163–5,819Drive 11,024.5 km
- Drive from Paris to Shanghai Stationcar 11,024.5 km
5d 3h¥13,274–19,174Fly Marseille Provence Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Fly from Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane MRS - PVG
14h 22m¥3,772–5,608Fly Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA)plane CDG - SHA
16h 13m¥2,895–6,095Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane BRU - PVG
14h 55m¥2,516–7,997Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Mannheim Hbftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane FRA - PVG
15h 31m¥2,613–4,969Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbbtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane ZRH - PVG
16h 21m¥2,506–4,758Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane GVA - PVG
16h 51m¥2,982–5,324
Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from France to Shanghai is to train and fly which costs ¥2500 - ¥4800 and takes 16h 21m.
The fastest way to get from France to Shanghai is to fly which takes 14h 22m and costs ¥3700 - ¥6000.
The distance between France and Shanghai is 9334 km. The road distance is 11024.5 km.
It takes approximately 14h 49m to get from France to Shanghai, including transfers.
Shanghai is 6h ahead of France. It is currently 8:13 PM in France and 2:13 AM in Shanghai.
Yes, the driving distance between France to Shanghai is 11024 km. It takes approximately 5 days 3h to drive from France to Shanghai.
There are 1886+ hotels available in Shanghai.
What companies run services between France and Shanghai, China?
China Eastern Airlines, Air France, and two other airlines fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) 4 times a day.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–14,000
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–14,000
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–5,500
Flights from Brussels Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–6,500
Flights from Brussels Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–6,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–3,900
Flights from Frankfurt to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–3,900
Flights from Frankfurt to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–4,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–4,200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–6,500
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–9,500
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Nanjing
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–6,500
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–9,000
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–10,000
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–8,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–3,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–3,800
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–6,500
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,600–11,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–9,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,100–11,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–3,700
Flights from Brussels Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–8,500
Flights from Brussels Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–8,500
Flights from Brussels Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–8,500
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–9,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Shenyang
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–3,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–3,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–3,800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–3,900
- Website
- xiamenair.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Xiamen
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–7,500
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–8,000
- 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
- ¥2,100–4,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–9,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–9,500
- Website
- ceair.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–9,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–8,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–6,500
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–8,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–8,000
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lille Europe to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥160–270
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥220–350
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥220–350
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥250–410
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Lille Europe to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥230–400
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Lille Europe to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥140–290
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Strasbourg to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥190–900
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥100–450
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Strasbourg to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥190–900
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥100–450
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥60–130
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥60–130
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥180–370
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥210–420
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥240–750
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
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