There are 8 ways to get from Shanghai to Katowice by plane, train, or car
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Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport, train
best- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)plane SHA - WAW
- Take the train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Katowicetrain
18h 42mzł 1,965–4,785Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, train
cheapest- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane SHA - KRK
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Katowicetrain
19h 37mzł 929–2,838Drive 9,719.3 km
- Drive from Shanghai Station to Katowicecar 9,719.3 km
4d 15hzł 5,517–7,968Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Katowice International Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Katowice International Airport (KTW)plane SHA - KTW
21h 4mzł 1,007–3,209Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Katowice International Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Katowice International Airport (KTW)plane PVG - KTW
21h 6mzł 986–2,939Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane PVG - KRK
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Katowicetrain
19h 39mzł 958–2,568Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Vienna International Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane SHA - VIE
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Katowicetrain
23h 4mzł 1,260–3,157Fly 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 Katowicetrain
21h 31mzł 1,489–2,587
Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Katowice is to fly and train which costs 900 zł - 2 900 zł and takes 19h 37m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Katowice is to fly and train which takes 18h 42m and costs 1 900 zł - 4 800 zł.
The distance between Shanghai and Katowice is 8284 km. The road distance is 9719.3 km.
It takes approximately 18h 42m to get from Shanghai to Katowice, including transfers.
Katowice is 6h behind Shanghai. It is currently 2:44 PM in Shanghai and 8:44 AM in Katowice.
Yes, the driving distance between Shanghai to Katowice is 9719 km. It takes approximately 4 days 15h to drive from Shanghai to Katowice.
There are 1567+ hotels available in Katowice.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Katowice, Poland?
Air China, LOT, and five other airlines fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Katowice International Airport (KTW) twice daily.
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 27m
- When
- Friday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 2,100–4,500
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Katowice International Airport via Beijing Capital, Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 1,000–3,200
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Katowice International Airport via Yantai Penglai, Beijing Capital, Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 1,000–3,200
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Katowice International Airport via Beijing Daxing, Helsinki, Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 1,100–3,600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Katowice International Airport via Beijing Capital, Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 17m
- When
- Sunday and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 950–2,900
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Katowice International Airport via Stockholm, Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- zł 1,000–2,900
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Beijing Capital, Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Friday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- zł 900–2,800
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Beijing Capital, Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- zł 950–2,900
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Urumqi, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- zł 1,000–3,200
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 6m
- When
- Friday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, Monday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 2,100–4,500
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport via Yantai Penglai, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 2,100–4,500
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 900–2,800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- zł 1,400–1,800
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Katowice International Airport via Beijing Capital, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 57m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 1,200–3,900
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 900–2,500
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- zł 900–2,500
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 1,000–2,800
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Beijing Capital, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 2m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- zł 950–2,900
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Xi An, Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 1,000–2,700
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Katowice International Airport via Beijing Capital, Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- zł 1,000–3,200
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Katowice International Airport via Yantai Penglai, Beijing Capital, Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 1,000–3,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Katowice International Airport via Beijing Capital, Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 950–2,900
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Beijing Capital, Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- zł 900–2,800
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Urumqi, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- zł 1,000–3,200
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 1,400–3,400
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 900–2,800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 1,400–3,400
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 900–2,800
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Beijing Capital, Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- zł 950–2,900
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- zł 1,400–1,800
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 1,000–2,700
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 1,200–2,600
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Katowice International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 1,200–3,300
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 1,000–2,800
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 1,000–2,900
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- zł 1,000–3,300
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 140–270
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Krakow Glowny to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 35–70
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Krakow Glowny to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 35–70
- Website
- PKP Intercity
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- [email protected]
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
Train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 60–120
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
- Phone
- +48 (12) 30 71 714
- [email protected]
- Website
- Koleie Malopolskie
Train from Krakow Glowny to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 19–23
- Website
- Koleie Malopolskie
Train from Krakow Glowny to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 19–23
- Website
- Koleie Malopolskie
- Phone
- +48 32 428 88 88
- [email protected]
- Website
- Koleje Śląskie
Train from Krakow Glowny to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 20–28
- Website
- Koleje Śląskie
Train from Krakow Glowny to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 20–28
- Website
- Koleje Śląskie
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 250–390
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 250–390
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
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