There are 9 ways to get from Munich to Shanghai by plane, car, bus, or train
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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¥2,605–5,260Fly Munich International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA)plane MUC - SHA
16h 58m¥1,955–6,210Drive 10,434.3 km
- Drive from Munich to Shanghai Stationcar 10,434.3 km
4d 22h¥11,463–16,558Fly 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 5m¥2,340–7,350Train 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 50m¥2,590–4,604Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Take the train from München Hbf to St. Margrethen SGtrain
- Take the train from St. Margrethen SG to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane ZRH - PVG
18h 7m¥2,402–4,617Fly Munich International Airport to Changzhou Benniu Airport, train
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Changzhou Benniu Airport (CZX)plane MUC - CZX
- Take the train from Changzhou Station to Shanghai stationtrain
18h 3m¥2,291–7,360Fly 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
17h 44m¥2,177–6,791Fly Munich International Airport to Yangzhou Taizhou Airport, train
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Yangzhou Taizhou Airport (YTY)plane MUC - YTY
- Take the train from Jiangdu to Shanghai stationtrain
19h 28m¥2,240–6,930
Munich International Airport (MUC) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Munich to Shanghai is to train and fly which costs ¥2400 - ¥4700 and takes 18h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Munich to Shanghai is to fly which takes 14h 29m and costs ¥2600 - ¥5500.
The distance between Munich and Shanghai is 8851 km. The road distance is 10434.3 km.
It takes approximately 14h 29m to get from Munich to Shanghai, including transfers.
Shanghai is 7h ahead of Munich. It is currently 2:41 AM in Munich and 9:41 AM in Shanghai.
Yes, the driving distance between Munich to Shanghai is 10434 km. It takes approximately 4 days 22h to drive from Munich to Shanghai.
There are 1886+ 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) 4 times a day.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–8,500
Flights from Munich International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–9,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–11,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–8,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–3,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–3,700
Flights from Munich International Airport to Changzhou Benniu Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–7,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–10,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Yangzhou Taizhou Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–9,500
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–8,500
Flights from Munich International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–11,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–4,100
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,100–10,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–8,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–8,000
- Website
- shenzhenair.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–9,500
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–10,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–6,500
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–4,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–4,300
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Shenyang
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–3,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–3,000
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,100–8,000
- Website
- vietnamairlines.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–7,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–4,100
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–3,100
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–7,500
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥500–1,200
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to St. Margrethen SG
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ¥270–650
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from München Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥330–650
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 221 800 20 80
- [email protected]
- Website
- MSM Partyzug
Train from München Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- MSM Partyzug
Train from St. Margrethen SG to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥280–450
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- [email protected]
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from St. Margrethen SG to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥70–95
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from St. Margrethen SG to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥180–210
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Changzhou Station to Shanghai station
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥75–85
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥75–85
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥120–135
- Business Class Seat
- ¥170–250
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 Jiangdu to Shanghai station
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥130–150
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥220–250
- Business Class Seat
- ¥320–460
Train from Changzhou Station to Shanghai station
- Hard Seat
- ¥45–70
- Hard Sleeper
- ¥55–85
- Soft Sleeper
- ¥130–190
Train from Wuxi to Shanghai station
- Hard Seat
- ¥45–65
- Hard Sleeper
- ¥45–80
- Soft Sleeper
- ¥120–180
Train from Changzhou Station to Shanghai station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥70–140
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥70–100
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥95–140
Train from Changzhou Station to Shanghai station
- Hard Seat
- ¥26–35
- Hard sleeper
- ¥55–80
- Soft sleeper
- ¥90–130
Train from Wuxi to Shanghai station
- Hard Seat
- ¥23–35
- Hard sleeper
- ¥50–70
- Soft sleeper
- ¥80–110
- [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
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