There are 6 ways to get from Shanghai to Cancún by plane, ferry, shuttle, train, or bus
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Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Cancún International Airport
best- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)plane PVG - CUN
23h 6m$5,672–15,258Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Cancún International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)plane SHA - CUN
24h 59m$5,546–17,131Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Cozumel International Airport, ferry, shuttle
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Cozumel International Airport (CZM)plane PVG - CZM
- Take the ferry from Cozumel to Playa del Carmenferry
- Take a shuttle bus from Playa del Carmen to Cancún
27h 6m$10,882–38,448Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tulum International Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Tulum International Airport (TQO)plane PVG - TQO
- Take the train from Estación Tren Maya Tulum Aeropuerto to Estación Tren Maya Cancún Aeropuertotrain
32h 43m$10,277–33,438Train to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, fly to Cancún International Airport
- Take the train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou Easttrain
- Fly from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)plane HGH - CUN
29h 29m$8,731–28,484Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Mérida International Airport, bus
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Mérida International Airport (MID)plane PVG - MID
- Take the bus from Merida to Cancunbus
29h 32m$13,781–77,312
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Cancún International Airport (CUN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Cancún is to fly which costs $5500 - $16000 and takes 23h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Cancún is to fly which takes 23h 6m and costs $5500 - $16000.
The distance between Shanghai and Cancún is 13499 km.
It takes approximately 23h 6m to get from Shanghai to Cancún, including transfers.
Cancún is 13h behind Shanghai. It is currently 1:19 AM in Shanghai and 12:19 PM in Cancún.
There are 1654+ hotels available in Cancún.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Cancún, Mexico?
United Airlines, Air Canada, and four other airlines fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Cancún International Airport (CUN) 4 times a day.
- Website
- vivaaerobus.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Cozumel International Airport via San Francisco, Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $10,000–33,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Los Angeles, Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 32m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $9,500–32,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Vancouver, Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $9,500–31,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Mérida International Airport via San Francisco, Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $6,500–27,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Mérida International Airport via Vancouver, Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $8,000–27,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Mérida International Airport via Los Angeles, Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $8,000–27,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $7,000–23,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Beijing Capital, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 11m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $5,500–17,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Cozumel International Airport via San Francisco, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $10,000–33,000
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $7,000–23,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Beijing Capital, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 47m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $6,500–20,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Cozumel International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $10,000–33,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $9,500–32,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 27m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $6,500–23,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $7,500–25,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Cozumel International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 21m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $9,500–32,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tulum International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 16m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $9,000–31,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Mérida International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 52m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $8,000–27,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Incheon, Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $8,500–28,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $6,500–23,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $7,500–26,000
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Incheon, Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $8,500–28,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 16m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $7,000–23,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $7,500–65,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Beijing Capital, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 11m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $5,500–17,000
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $5,500–15,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Mérida International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $8,500–28,000
- Website
- flyflair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Beijing Capital, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $5,500–17,000
- Phone
- +52 559 771 1000
- Website
- trenmaya.gob.mx
Train from Estación Tren Maya Tulum Aeropuerto to Estación Tren Maya Cancún Aeropuerto
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $240–1,200
- Website
- https://reservas.ventaboletostrenmaya.com.mx/web/portal/inicio
- Special Tourist (INAPAM)
- $240–300
- Local Tourist
- $310–370
- National Tourist
- $460–550
- International Tourist
- $600–750
- National Premier
- $700–900
- International Premier
- $950–1,200
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou East
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $180–330
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $180–250
- Adult - 1st Class
- $230–330
- Phone
- +52 984 188 6604
- Website
- facebook.com
Shuttle from Playa del Carmen to Cancún
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $1,000–5,500
- Schedules at
- taxisplayadelcarmen.com
- To Airport
- $3,300–5,500
- Phone
- +52 55 5652 9331
- [email protected]
- Website
- wayak.mx
Bus from Merida to Cancun
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $7,000–60,000
- Website
- https://www.wayak.mx/
- Medium SUV 5 Passengers
- $7,000–9,500
- Sedan 3 Passengers
- $7,518
- Van 9 Passengers
- $9,000–13,000
- Sprinter 18 Passengers
- $44,000–60,000
- Sprinter 12 Passengers
- $36,774
- Phone
- +52 998 460 3084
- [email protected]
- Website
- ultramarferry.com
Ferry from Cozumel to Playa del Carmen
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $99–376
- Website
- https://www.ultramarferry.com/en
- Premium Plus
- $290–320
- Premium Plus Adult
- $316
- Premium Plus Children
- $237
- Residentes Q.Roo
- $188
- INAPAM
- $99
- First Class Adult
- $376
- First Class Children
- $376
- Phone
- +52 987 872 1588
- [email protected]
- Website
- winjet.mx
Ferry from Cozumel to Playa del Carmen
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $109–340
- Schedules at
- winjet.mx
- General
- $340
- Handicapped
- $109
- Minor
- $262
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