There are 9 ways to get from Munich to Shanghai by plane, car, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Munich International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
best- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane MUC - PVG
14h 29m¥2,413–4,543Fly Munich International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA)plane MUC - SHA
17h 23m¥2,263–6,593Drive 10,434.1 km
- Drive from Munich to Shanghai Stationcar 10,434.1 km
5d¥11,595–16,749Fly Munich International Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport, train
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Sunan Shuofang International Airport (WUX)plane MUC - WUX
- Take the train from Wuxi to Shanghai stationtrain
19h 19m¥2,985–8,674Fly Munich International Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport, bus
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Nantong Xingdong Airport (NTG)plane MUC - NTG
- Take the bus from Jiangsu Tongzhou to Shanghai Zongzhanbus
20h 25m¥2,448–6,733Train to Frankfurt, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Take the train from München Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane FRA - PVG
16h 54m¥2,819–6,064Fly Munich International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, train
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH)plane MUC - HGH
- Take the train from Hangzhou East to Shanghai Hongqiaotrain
19h 16m¥2,335–6,732Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Take the train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from St. Margrethen Sg to Zuerich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane ZRH - PVG
17h 58m¥2,443–5,662Fly Munich International Airport to Nanjing Lukou International Airport, train
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Nanjing Lukou International Airport (NKG)plane MUC - NKG
- Take the train from Nanjing South Station to Shanghai stationtrain
19h 10m¥2,293–6,746
Munich International Airport (MUC) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Munich to Shanghai is to train and fly which costs ¥2400 - ¥6000 and takes 17h 58m.
The fastest way to get from Munich to Shanghai is to fly which takes 14h 29m and costs ¥2400 - ¥4600.
The distance between Munich and Shanghai is 8851 km. The road distance is 10434.1 km.
It takes approximately 14h 29m to get from Munich to Shanghai, including transfers.
Shanghai is 6h ahead of Munich. It is currently 12:43 PM in Munich and 6:43 PM in Shanghai.
Yes, the driving distance between Munich to Shanghai is 10434 km. It takes approximately 5 days 0h to drive from Munich to Shanghai.
There are 1836+ hotels available in Shanghai.
What companies run services between Munich, Germany and Shanghai, China?
Air China, Lufthansa, and three other airlines fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) 3 times a day.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–9,500
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
- ¥2,100–6,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–10,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–13,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,100–14,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–10,000
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 Munich International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–10,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Nanjing Lukou International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–9,500
- 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
- ¥3,200–9,500
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
- ¥3,400–11,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,500–13,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,400–9,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,200–9,500
Flights from Munich International Airport to Nanjing Lukou International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,300–11,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–9,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–4,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Nanjing Lukou International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–9,500
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–3,200
Flights from Munich International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,200–11,000
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 Munich International Airport to Nanjing Lukou International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,100–10,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Nanjing Lukou International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,300–9,500
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,200–11,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–8,500
Flights from Munich International Airport to Nanjing Lukou International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,100–10,000
- Website
- scat.kz
Flights from Munich International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Shimkent
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–7,000
- 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
- ¥3,000–8,000
- Website
- shenzhenair.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,100–14,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Shenyang
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–3,800
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,500–9,000
- Website
- loongair.cn
Flights from Munich International Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,400–11,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–8,000
- 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
Train from Wuxi to Shanghai station
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥59–65
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥59–65
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥95–105
- Business Class Seat
- ¥130–190
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 Nanjing South Station to Shanghai station
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥130–150
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥210–240
- Business Class Seat
- ¥310–440
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 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from München Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥550–2,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥280–1,200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from München Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥360–750
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 221 800 20 80
- [email protected]
- Website
- msm-gruppe.de
Train from München Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- msm-gruppe.de
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
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥310–490
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 821 899 825 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from St. Margrethen Sg to Zuerich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥290–900
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- [email protected]
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from St. Margrethen Sg to Zuerich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥75–95
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from St. Margrethen Sg to Zuerich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥170–310
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- [email protected]
- Website
- chinabusguide.com
Bus from Jiangsu Tongzhou to Shanghai Zongzhan
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥56–100
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
- Bus
- ¥70–100
Want to know more about travelling around China
Rome2Rio's Travel Guide series provide vital information for the global traveller. Filled with useful and timely travel information, the guides answer all the hard questions - such as 'How do I buy a ticket?', 'Should I book online before I travel? ', 'How much should I expect to pay?', 'Do the trains and buses have Wifi?' - to help you get the most out of your next trip.
Related travel guides
Heading to Europe? Read this before you buy a Eurail Pass
Read the travel guide















































