There are 11 ways to get from Kazakhstan to Shanghai by plane, bus, train, or car
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Fly Almaty International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
best- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane ALA - PVG
9h 11m¥1,457–2,257Bus, train #2
cheapest- Take the bus from Almaty Sayran Bus Station to Ürümqibus 412
- Take the train from Ürümqi to Shanghai stationtrain Ürümqi
2d 12h¥451–1,364Bus, train
- Take the bus from Almaty Sayran Bus Station to Ürümqibus
- Take the train from Ürümqi to Yinchuantrain
- Take the train from Yinchuan to Shanghai Hongqiaotrain
2d 7h¥1,206–1,849Bus, train via Lanzhou
- Take the bus from Almaty Sayran Bus Station to Ürümqibus
- Take the train from Ürümqi to Lanzhoutrain
- Take the bus from Lanzhou to Yinchuan Nanmen Stationbus
- Take the bus from Yinchuan Nanmen Station to Shanghaibus
3d 2h¥1,019–1,582Drive 4,819.2 km
- Drive from Almaty to Shanghaicar 4,819.2 km
2d¥4,098–5,919Fly Almaty International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA)plane ALA - SHA
10h 40m¥1,607–5,007Fly Shymkent International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Fly from Shymkent International Airport (CIT) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane CIT - PVG
7h 49m¥2,371–3,273Fly Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
- Fly from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA)plane NQZ - SHA
11h 37m¥2,207–5,508Fly Almaty International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, train
- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH)plane ALA - HGH
- Take the train from Hangzhou East to Shanghai Hongqiaotrain
11h 18m¥1,579–2,146Bus to Yining Airport, fly to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
- Take the bus from Almaty Sayran Bus Station to Yiningbus
- Fly from Yining Airport (YIN) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA)plane YIN - SHA
18h 34m¥1,803–3,846Train, drive
- Take the train from Almaty 2 to Dostyktrain
- Drive from Dostyk to Jinghe Southcar
- Take the train from Jinghe South to Ürümqitrain
- Take the train from Ürümqi to Shanghai stationtrain
2d 19h¥617–1,422
Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kazakhstan to Shanghai is to train and drive which costs ¥600 - ¥1500 and takes 2 days 19h.
The fastest way to get from Kazakhstan to Shanghai is to fly which takes 7h 49m and costs ¥2300 - ¥3300.
The distance between Kazakhstan and Shanghai is 4190 km. The road distance is 4819.2 km.
The best way to get from Kazakhstan to Shanghai without a car is to bus and train which takes 2 days 7h and costs ¥1200 - ¥1900.
It takes approximately 9h 11m to get from Kazakhstan to Shanghai, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Kazakhstan to Shanghai is 4819 km. It takes approximately 2 days 0h to drive from Kazakhstan to Shanghai.
There are 1841+ hotels available in Shanghai.
What companies run services between Kazakhstan and Shanghai, China?
China Eastern Airlines, Air Astana, and three other airlines fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) 3 times a day.
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–1,900
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–1,900
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–5,000
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–5,000
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–6,000
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–5,000
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–6,000
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–6,000
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–2,000
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–2,000
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–2,000
Flights from Yining Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,800–11,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–2,300
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–2,300
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–3,700
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–4,600
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–4,600
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–6,000
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–3,700
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–3,400
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–6,000
Flights from Yining Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,700–8,000
Flights from Yining Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,700–8,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–6,000
Flights from Yining Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,700–8,000
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–4,700
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–4,200
- Website
- scat.kz
Flights from Shymkent International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–4,800
- Website
- loongair.cn
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–4,300
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–4,600
Train from Ürümqi to Yinchuan
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥170–430
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Hard/Soft Seat
- ¥170–260
- Hard Sleeper
- ¥360–430
- Soft Sleeper
- ¥550–700
Train from Yinchuan to Shanghai Hongqiao
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥900–1,000
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥900–1,000
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥1,400–1,700
- Business Class Seat
- ¥2,100–3,100
Train from Hangzhou East to Shanghai Hongqiao
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥70–80
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥70–80
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥115–130
- Business Class Seat
- ¥160–240
Train from Ürümqi to Lanzhou
- Hard Seat
- ¥170–260
- Hard Sleeper
- ¥380–450
- Soft Sleeper
- ¥500–800
Train from Ürümqi to Shanghai station
- Hard Seat
- ¥320–470
- Hard Sleeper
- ¥700–950
- Soft Sleeper
- ¥1,000–1,500
Train from Ürümqi to Shanghai station
- Hard Seat
- ¥320–470
- Hard Sleeper
- ¥700–950
- Soft Sleeper
- ¥1,000–1,500
Train from Hangzhou East to Shanghai Hongqiao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥70–130
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥70–100
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥90–130
- Phone
- 1433
- [email protected]
- Website
- railways.kz
Train from Almaty 2 to Dostyk
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥90–170
- Website
- https://railways.kz/en/
- Schedules at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/post/schedule?_locale=us
- Book at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/?_locale=us
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- ¥120–170
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- ¥90–130
Train from Jinghe South to Ürümqi
- Adult - second class
- ¥130–190
- Phone
- +7 727 396-70-63
- Website
- ma-sairan.kz
Bus from Almaty Sayran Bus Station to Ürümqi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥110–390
- Website
- https://ma-sairan.kz/
- Schedules at
- https://ma-sairan.kz/расписание-автобусов
Bus from Almaty Sayran Bus Station to Ürümqi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥110–390
- Website
- https://ma-sairan.kz/
- Schedules at
- https://ma-sairan.kz/расписание-автобусов
Bus from Almaty Sayran Bus Station to Yining
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥55–190
- Website
- https://ma-sairan.kz/
- Schedules at
- https://ma-sairan.kz/расписание-автобусов
Bus from Almaty Sayran Bus Station to Ürümqi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥110–390
- Website
- https://ma-sairan.kz/
- Schedules at
- https://ma-sairan.kz/расписание-автобусов
- Phone
- 400-830-6666
- Website
- ctrip.com
Bus from Lanzhou to Yinchuan Nanmen Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥140
- Schedules at
- bus.ctrip.com
- Website
- qichezhan.net
Bus from Yinchuan Nanmen Station to Shanghai
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥578
- Schedules at
- qichezhan.net
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