There are 7 ways to get from Shanghai to Budapest 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 Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
best- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane PVG - BUD
16hFt 113,169–313,470Train to Ningbo Lishe International Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Ningbotrain
- Fly from Ningbo Lishe International Airport (NGB) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane NGB - BUD
18h 50mFt 76,419–233,269Drive 9,995.1 km
- Drive from Shanghai Station to Budapest, Stadion autóbusz-pályaudvarcar 9,995.1 km
4d 20hFt 573,673–828,638Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane SHA - BUD
18h 3mFt 130,707–361,007Train to Sunan Shuofang International Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Take the train from Shanghai station to Wuxitrain
- Fly from Sunan Shuofang International Airport (WUX) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane WUX - BUD
18h 50mFt 81,867–266,338Bus to Nantong Xingdong Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Take the bus from Shanghai Zongzhan to Jiangsu Tongzhoubus
- Fly from Nantong Xingdong Airport (NTG) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane NTG - BUD
22h 25mFt 89,960–267,626Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Vienna International Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane PVG - VIE
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain
19h 35mFt 107,669–197,170
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Budapest is to fly and train which costs 100 000 Ft - 200 000 Ft and takes 19h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Budapest is to fly which takes 16h and costs 110 000 Ft - 320 000 Ft.
The distance between Shanghai and Budapest is 8417 km. The road distance is 9995.1 km.
It takes approximately 16h to get from Shanghai to Budapest, including transfers.
Budapest is 7h behind Shanghai. It is currently 5:14 AM in Shanghai and 10:14 PM in Budapest.
Yes, the driving distance between Shanghai to Budapest is 9995 km. It takes approximately 4 days 20h to drive from Shanghai to Budapest.
There are 6400+ hotels available in Budapest.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Budapest, Hungary?
Shanghai Airlines, Air Serbia, and four other airlines fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) 5 times a day.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 120,000–240,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- Ft 120,000–240,000
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 80,000–260,000
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- Ft 85,000–270,000
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 85,000–260,000
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 12m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- Ft 85,000–270,000
Flights from Ningbo Lishe International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 70,000–220,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 110,000–160,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 75,000–210,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 2m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 85,000–240,000
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 100,000–290,000
Flights from Ningbo Lishe International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- Ft 85,000–250,000
Flights from Ningbo Lishe International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 90,000–250,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 75,000–260,000
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 95,000–310,000
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 95,000–320,000
- Website
- ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 75,000–210,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 85,000–240,000
Flights from Ningbo Lishe International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- Ft 85,000–250,000
Flights from Ningbo Lishe International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 90,000–250,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 80,000–270,000
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 95,000–240,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 100,000–270,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 80,000–250,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 110,000–160,000
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 75,000–220,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- Ft 100,000–330,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 110,000–360,000
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,900–3,200
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- Ft 2,900–3,200
- 1st Class Seat
- Ft 4,700–5,200
- Business Class Seat
- Ft 6,500–9,500
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Ningbo
- 2nd Class Seat
- Ft 6,500–7,500
- 1st Class Seat
- Ft 11,000–12,500
- Business Class Seat
- Ft 16,000–23,000
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,000–5,500
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- Ft 3,000–4,200
- Adult - 1st Class
- Ft 3,800–5,500
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Ningbo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,500–12,000
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- Ft 5,500–8,000
- Adult - 1st Class
- Ft 8,000–12,000
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 21,000–24,000
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–29,000
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,300–7,500
- Website
- RegioJet
- [email protected]
- Website
- chinabusguide.com
Bus from Shanghai Zongzhan to Jiangsu Tongzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,760–4,800
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
- Bus
- Ft 3,400–4,800
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