There are 8 ways to get from Shanghai to Dresden by plane, car, 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 Pudong International Airport to Dresden Airport
best- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane PVG - DRS
19h 3m€349–970Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
cheapest- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane PVG - PRG
- Take the train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbftrain
22h 25m€223–712Drive 10,044.6 km
- Drive from Shanghai Station to Dresdencar 10,044.6 km
4d 18h€1,481–2,139Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Dresden Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane SHA - DRS
21h 46m€383–1,213Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane SHA - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain
20h 16m€449–766Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane SHA - PRG
- Take the train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbftrain
22h 13m€237–755Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane PVG - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain
19h 33m€435–1,173Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane PVG - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain
20h 31m€379–658
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Dresden Airport (DRS) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Dresden is to fly and train which costs €220 - €750 and takes 22h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Dresden is to fly which takes 19h 3m and costs €340 - €1000.
The distance between Shanghai and Dresden is 8540 km. The road distance is 10044.6 km.
It takes approximately 19h 3m to get from Shanghai to Dresden, including transfers.
Dresden is 7h behind Shanghai. It is currently 11:38 PM in Shanghai and 4:38 PM in Dresden.
Yes, the driving distance between Shanghai to Dresden is 10045 km. It takes approximately 4 days 18h to drive from Shanghai to Dresden.
There are 2107+ hotels available in Dresden.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Dresden, Germany?
Lufthansa, China Eastern Airlines, and Lufthansa City fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Dresden Airport (DRS) 3 times a day.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,500
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €340–1,500
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Dresden Airport via Beijing Capital, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €380–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Dresden Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €420–1,300
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Dresden Airport via Urumqi, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,300
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Dresden Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €420–1,400
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–950
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €250–900
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–900
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–850
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–850
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,500
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €340–1,500
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Dresden Airport via Beijing Capital, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €380–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Dresden Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €420–1,300
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Dresden Airport via Urumqi, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,300
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Beijing Capital, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €220–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–950
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €250–900
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €250–800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–850
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–850
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €340–950
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Dresden Airport via Beijing Capital, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Dresden Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €420–1,300
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Dresden Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €420–1,400
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–750
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 37m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–750
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €310–800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €300–800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–750
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €260–800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €250–800
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €380–550
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €220–750
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €200–650
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €240–650
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–190
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- [email protected]
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €43–49
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €43–49
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- [email protected]
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15
- Website
- Danish Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- *
- €30–45
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- *
- €30–45
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