There are 8 ways to get from Shanghai to Budapest by plane, car, bus, train, or shuttle
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Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
best- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane SHA - BUD
17h 27mFt 170,665–270,995Train 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 33mFt 70,867–202,247Drive 9,995.3 km
- Drive from Shanghai Station to Budapest, Stadion autóbusz-pályaudvarcar 9,995.3 km
4d 21hFt 548,146–791,766Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane PVG - BUD
15h 54mFt 122,991–313,322Bus 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
18h 24mFt 99,677–287,269Train 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
19h 20mFt 76,764–226,028Fly 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
18h 22mFt 108,271–202,022Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)plane PVG - BEG
- Take a shuttle bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Budapest
20h 10mFt 116,521–293,522
Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Budapest is to train and fly which costs 70 000 Ft - 210 000 Ft and takes 18h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Budapest is to fly which takes 15h 54m and costs 120 000 Ft - 320 000 Ft.
The distance between Shanghai and Budapest is 8358 km. The road distance is 9995.3 km.
It takes approximately 17h 27m to get from Shanghai to Budapest, including transfers.
Budapest is 6h behind Shanghai. It is currently 1:40 PM in Shanghai and 7:40 AM in Budapest.
Yes, the driving distance between Shanghai to Budapest is 9995 km. It takes approximately 4 days 21h to drive from Shanghai to Budapest.
There are 6948+ hotels available in Budapest.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Budapest, Hungary?
Air China, China Eastern Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) twice daily.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 58m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 65,000–200,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- Ft 70,000–200,000
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 95,000–280,000
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- Ft 100,000–290,000
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 48m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 75,000–220,000
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 46m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- Ft 80,000–230,000
Flights from Ningbo Lishe International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 26m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 65,000–190,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 110,000–160,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 75,000–300,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 70,000–270,000
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 85,000–340,000
Flights from Ningbo Lishe International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- Ft 75,000–290,000
Flights from Ningbo Lishe International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 75,000–290,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 90,000–270,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 110,000–340,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 90,000–310,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 120,000–190,000
- Website
- ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 75,000–300,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 70,000–270,000
Flights from Ningbo Lishe International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- Ft 75,000–290,000
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 95,000–220,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 100,000–250,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 120,000–280,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 80,000–230,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 110,000–160,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 120,000–390,000
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,700–3,000
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- Ft 2,700–3,000
- 1st Class Seat
- Ft 4,400–4,900
- Business Class Seat
- Ft 6,000–9,000
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Ningbo
- 2nd Class Seat
- Ft 6,500–7,500
- 1st Class Seat
- Ft 10,500–12,000
- Business Class Seat
- Ft 15,000–22,000
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,900–5,000
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- Ft 2,900–4,000
- Adult - 1st Class
- Ft 3,500–5,000
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Ningbo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,000–11,000
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- Ft 5,000–7,500
- Adult - 1st Class
- Ft 7,500–11,000
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–34,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–21,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- Ft 13,000–20,000
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,000–8,500
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–33,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- [email protected]
- Website
- chinabusguide.com
Bus from Shanghai Zongzhan to Jiangsu Tongzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,607–4,500
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
- Bus
- Ft 3,300–4,500
- Phone
- + 381 011 7555 675
- [email protected]
- Website
- axiostravel.com
Shuttle from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- Ft 14,000–21,000
- Website
- https://axiostravel.com/en/
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