There are 9 ways to get from Shanghai to Bilbao by plane, car, bus, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Bilbao Airport
best- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane SHA - BIO
22h 27m€242–754Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Bilbao Airport
cheapest- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane PVG - BIO
19h 24m€228–611Drive 11,899 km
- Drive from Shanghai Station to Bilbaocar 11,899 km
5d 10h€1,859–2,686Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Santander Airport, bus
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Santander Airport (SDR)plane PVG - SDR
- Take the bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Bilbao Intermodalbus
28h 50m€338–875Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Sebastián Airport, bus
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to San Sebastián Airport (EAS)plane PVG - EAS
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián to Bilbao Intermodalbus
24h 20m€398–1,125Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Pamplona Airport, bus
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Pamplona Airport (PNA)plane PVG - PNA
- Take the bus from Pamplona / Iruña to Bilbao Intermodalbus
22h 13m€617–1,622Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport, bus
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport (VIT)plane PVG - VIT
- Take the bus from Aireportua/Aeropuerto Vitoria-Gasteiz to Bilbao Boluetabus
20h 18m€376–1,023Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane PVG - MAD
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to Bilbao-Abandotrain
23h 33m€358–850Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane PVG - BCN
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Bilbao-Abandotrain
24h 50m€418–832
Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Bilbao Airport (BIO) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Bilbao is to fly which costs €220 - €650 and takes 19h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Bilbao is to fly which takes 19h 24m and costs €220 - €650.
The distance between Shanghai and Bilbao is 10002 km. The road distance is 11899 km.
It takes approximately 22h 27m to get from Shanghai to Bilbao, including transfers.
Bilbao is 7h behind Shanghai. It is currently 6:43 PM in Shanghai and 11:43 AM in Bilbao.
Yes, the driving distance between Shanghai to Bilbao is 11899 km. It takes approximately 5 days 10h to drive from Shanghai to Bilbao.
There are 1694+ hotels available in Bilbao.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Bilbao, Spain?
China Eastern Airlines, Air China, and seven other airlines fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Bilbao Airport (BIO) 4 times a day.
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Zhengzhou, London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €250–800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Bilbao Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–650
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €210–650
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Santander Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €320–900
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Santander Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 37m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €300–950
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €390–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Marseille, Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €450–1,400
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Geneva, Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Brussels, Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,400
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Milan Malpensa, Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €360–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Beijing Capital, Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €360–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Pamplona Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €600–1,600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Pamplona Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €600–1,700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Pamplona Airport via Beijing Capital, Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €550–1,800
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Zhengzhou, London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €250–800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Bilbao Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–650
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €210–650
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Santander Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €320–900
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Santander Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 37m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €300–950
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €390–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Marseille, Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €450–1,400
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Geneva, Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Brussels, Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,400
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Milan Malpensa, Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €360–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Beijing Capital, Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €360–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Pamplona Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €600–1,600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Pamplona Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €600–1,700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Pamplona Airport via Beijing Capital, Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €550–1,800
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Beijing Daxing, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–800
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Xi An, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €280–950
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Beijing Capital, Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €240–900
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €230–800
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Xi An, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €280–950
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–650
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–550
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Santander Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €320–900
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 7m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,100
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Beijing Daxing, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–750
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–550
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport via Manchester, Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Beijing Daxing, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–750
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Xi An, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €280–950
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €220–600
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €220–600
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Bilbao-Abando
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Bilbao-Abando
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–14
- Website
- ALSA
- Phone
- +34 900 121 400
- [email protected]
Bus from Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Schedules at
- gipuzkoa.avanzagrupo.com
- Book at
- online.pesa.net
- Phone
- +34 945 18 20 60
- [email protected]
- Website
- alavabus.eus
Bus from Pamplona / Iruña to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Schedules at
- alavabus.eus
- Phone
- +34 94 476 50 07
- Website
- Autobuses La Union
Bus from Aireportua/Aeropuerto Vitoria-Gasteiz to Bilbao Bolueta
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- Autobuses La Union
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