There are 7 ways to get from Shanghai to Glasgow by plane, bus, 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 Hongqiao International Airport to Edinburgh Airport, bus
best- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SHA - EDI
- Take the bus from Terminal to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
19h 2m£357–610Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport
cheapest- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane PVG - GLA
19h 7m£178–481Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport, bus
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane PVG - EDI
- Take the bus from Terminal to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
18h 44m£182–476Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane PVG - ABZ
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
21h 34m£309–763Bus to Nantong Xingdong Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Shanghai Zongzhan to Jiangsu Tongzhoubus
- Fly from Nantong Xingdong Airport (NTG) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane NTG - EDI
- Take the bus from Terminal to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
21h 59m£237–726Train to Sunan Shuofang International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus
- Take the train from Shanghai station to Wuxitrain
- Fly from Sunan Shuofang International Airport (WUX) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane WUX - EDI
- Take the bus from Terminal to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
20h 35m£221–723Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane PVG - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Lancastertrain
- Take the train from Lancaster to Glasgow Centraltrain
19h 19m£363–691
Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Glasgow is to fly which costs £170 - £490 and takes 19h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Glasgow is to fly and bus which takes 18h 44m and costs £180 - £480.
The distance between Shanghai and Glasgow is 5677 miles.
It takes approximately 19h 2m to get from Shanghai to Glasgow, including transfers.
Glasgow is 7h behind Shanghai. It is currently 11:37 AM in Shanghai and 4:37 AM in Glasgow.
There are 1518+ hotels available in Glasgow.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Glasgow, Scotland?
Lufthansa, Airbus France, and six other airlines fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Glasgow Airport (GLA) 3 times a day.
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 37m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–600
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 11m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–700
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–700
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £160–500
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £160–500
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–490
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–700
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 12m
- When
- Sunday and Monday
- Estimated price
- £170–800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–800
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £170–470
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £250–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £240–650
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Xi An, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–950
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–750
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–1,000
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £170–460
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–650
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £250–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £240–650
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £170–470
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £170–470
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180–490
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180–600
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £170–470
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Aberdeen to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–100
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- 2nd Class Seat
- £6–8
- 1st Class Seat
- £10–12
- Business Class Seat
- £15–22
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Hard Seat
- £5–8
- Hard Sleeper
- £5–9
- Soft Sleeper
- £14–20
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £7–12
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- £7–10
- Adult - 1st Class
- £8–12
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Hard Seat
- £2–4
- Hard sleeper
- £5–8
- Soft sleeper
- £9–13
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Manchester Airport to Lancaster
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Manchester Airport to Lancaster
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Lancaster to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £50–85
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Lancaster to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–95
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- [email protected]
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
Bus from Terminal to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–15
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £7–15
Bus from Terminal to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–15
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £7–15
Bus from Terminal to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–15
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £7–15
Bus from Terminal to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–15
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £7–15
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- [email protected]
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Terminal to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–10
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Terminal to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–10
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Terminal to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–10
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Terminal to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–10
- Website
- Ember
- [email protected]
- Website
- chinabusguide.com
Bus from Shanghai Zongzhan to Jiangsu Tongzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–11
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
- Bus
- £8–11
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