There are 6 ways to get from Shanghai to Astana by plane, train, or car
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Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
best- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ)plane SHA - NQZ
12h 1m$322–652Train, drive
cheapest- Take the train from Shanghai station to Ürümqitrain
- Take the train from Ürümqi to Jinghe Southtrain
- Drive from Jinghe South to Dostykcar
- Take the train from Dostyk to Astana Nurly Zholtrain
3d 8h$106–230Drive 5,543.8 km
- Drive from Shanghai to Astanacar 5,543.8 km
2d 11h$699–1,009Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ)plane PVG - NQZ
12h 43m$149–450Train to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou Easttrain
- Fly from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ)plane HGH - NQZ
14h 41m$183–574Train to Nanjing Lukou International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Shanghai station to Nanjing South Stationtrain
- Fly from Nanjing Lukou International Airport (NKG) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ)plane NKG - NQZ
13h 38m$118–456
Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Astana is to train and drive which costs $100 - $230 and takes 3 days 8h.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Astana is to fly which takes 12h 1m and costs $320 - $650.
The distance between Shanghai and Astana is 4644 km. The road distance is 5543.8 km.
It takes approximately 12h 1m to get from Shanghai to Astana, including transfers.
Astana is 3h behind Shanghai. It is currently 8:32 AM in Shanghai and 5:32 AM in Astana.
Yes, the driving distance between Shanghai to Astana is 5544 km. It takes approximately 2 days 11h to drive from Shanghai to Astana.
There are 2702+ hotels available in Astana.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Astana, Kazakhstan?
Air China, China Southern Airlines, and five other airlines fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ) 3 times a day.
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–600
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–800
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $240–650
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–650
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–900
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–800
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 27m
- When
- Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $160–550
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–800
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $260–700
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–480
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–490
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $150–450
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–440
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–550
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 7m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–550
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–480
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–470
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–600
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–550
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $240–650
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–800
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–470
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $260–700
- Website
- flyr.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–550
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–420
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–700
- Website
- scat.kz
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Train from Shanghai station to Ürümqi
- Hard Seat
- $50–75
- Hard Sleeper
- $110–140
- Soft Sleeper
- $150–220
Train from Ürümqi to Jinghe South
- Adult - second class
- $19–28
- Phone
- 1433
- [email protected]
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
Train from Dostyk to Astana Nurly Zhol
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $25–41
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Schedules at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Book at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- $25–27
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $36–41
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou East
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $11–12
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- $11–12
- 1st Class Seat
- $17–20
- Business Class Seat
- $25–35
Train from Shanghai station to Nanjing South Station
- 2nd Class Seat
- $19–22
- 1st Class Seat
- $32–35
- Business Class Seat
- $45–65
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou East
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–20
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $10–15
- Adult - 1st Class
- $13–20
Train from Shanghai station to Nanjing South Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $16–35
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $16–22
- Adult - 1st Class
- $23–35
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