There are 8 ways to get from Shanghai to Dresden by plane, car, or train
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Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Dresden Airport
best- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane PVG - DRS
18h 28m€350–963Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
cheapest- 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
20h 52m€245–730Drive 10,045.8 km
- Drive from Shanghai Station to Dresdencar 10,045.8 km
4d 19h€1,432–2,068Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Dresden Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane SHA - DRS
20h 21m€374–1,106Fly 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 Bahnhof Neustadttrain
19h 14m€431–931Fly 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 Bahnhof Neustadttrain
19h 16m€377–738Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
- 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
20h 54m€301–637Fly 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 4m€399–858
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Dresden Airport (DRS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Dresden is to fly and train which costs €300 - €650 and takes 20h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Dresden is to fly which takes 18h 28m and costs €350 - €1000.
The distance between Shanghai and Dresden is 8540 km. The road distance is 10045.8 km.
It takes approximately 18h 28m to get from Shanghai to Dresden, including transfers.
Dresden is 6h behind Shanghai. It is currently 12:25 AM in Shanghai and 6:25 PM in Dresden.
Yes, the driving distance between Shanghai to Dresden is 10046 km. It takes approximately 4 days 19h to drive from Shanghai to Dresden.
There are 2126+ hotels available in Dresden.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Dresden, Germany?
Lufthansa, Air China, and China Eastern Airlines fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Dresden Airport (DRS) 5 times a day.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €340–1,500
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €370–1,500
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Dresden Airport via Beijing Capital, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €380–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Dresden Airport via Tianfu International, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Dresden Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €450–1,500
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Dresden Airport via Urumqi, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €420–1,400
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–900
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–950
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–900
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–950
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €340–550
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €340–550
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €370–1,500
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €340–950
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Dresden Airport via Beijing Capital, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Dresden Airport via Beijing Capital, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €380–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Dresden Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €420–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Dresden Airport via Beijing Capital, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Dresden Airport via Tianfu International, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Dresden Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €450–1,500
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Dresden Airport via Urumqi, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €420–1,400
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Beijing Capital, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €220–650
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–900
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–950
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €340–550
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €340–550
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 22m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–700
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 22m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–700
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–800
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Beijing Capital, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €210–650
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Beijing Capital, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €220–650
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–750
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–750
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €350–410
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–600
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €250–700
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €90–370
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- [email protected]
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €30–45
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €30–45
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Website
- leoexpress.com
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- leoexpress.com
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- leoexpress.com
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- [email protected]
- Website
- dsb.dk
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
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