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 35mzł 2,065–4,115Fly 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 28mzł 875–2,538Drive 9,719.5 km
- Drive from Shanghai Station to Katowicecar 9,719.5 km
4d 17hzł 5,265–7,605Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Katowice International Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Katowice International Airport (KTW)plane SHA - KTW
21h 3mzł 957–2,709Fly 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 50mzł 952–2,466Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Katowice International Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Katowice International Airport (KTW)plane PVG - KTW
21h 20mzł 884–2,537Fly 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
22h 59mzł 1,251–3,267Fly 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 26mzł 1,578–2,595
Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Katowice is to fly and train which costs 850 zł - 2 600 zł and takes 19h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Katowice is to fly and train which takes 18h 35m and costs 2 000 zł - 4 200 zł.
The distance between Shanghai and Katowice is 8284 km. The road distance is 9719.5 km.
It takes approximately 18h 35m to get from Shanghai to Katowice, including transfers.
Katowice is 6h behind Shanghai. It is currently 12:05 PM in Shanghai and 6:05 AM in Katowice.
Yes, the driving distance between Shanghai to Katowice is 9720 km. It takes approximately 4 days 17h to drive from Shanghai to Katowice.
There are 1615+ hotels available in Katowice.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Katowice, Poland?
Air China, LOT, and four other airlines fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Katowice International Airport (KTW) once 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 950–2,700
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Katowice International Airport via Beijing Capital, Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 42m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 950–2,700
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Katowice International Airport via Beijing Daxing, Helsinki, Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 1,000–3,500
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Katowice International Airport via Helsinki, Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- zł 950–3,600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Katowice International Airport via Beijing Capital, Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 26m
- When
- Friday, Tuesday, Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 850–2,500
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 950–2,600
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Beijing Capital, Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Friday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- zł 850–2,500
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 900–2,600
- 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 950–2,700
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 900–2,600
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Beijing Capital, Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- zł 900–2,600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 1,300–1,800
- 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 1,100–3,300
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 900–2,400
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 900–2,400
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Katowice International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- zł 1,100–3,100
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 900–2,600
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 1,000–2,600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 1,100–3,800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 1,500–2,200
- 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 1,300–3,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 900–2,600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 1,200–2,900
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 850–3,300
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Beijing Daxing, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 950–3,200
- 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 900–2,600
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 900–2,600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 1,300–1,800
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 1,000–2,900
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 950–2,600
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- zł 1,000–3,000
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 190–700
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Krakow Glowny to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 50–190
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Krakow Glowny to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 50–190
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- [email protected]
- Website
- zssk.sk
Train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 60–110
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
- Phone
- +48 32 428 88 88
- [email protected]
- Website
- kolejeslaskie.com
Train from Krakow Glowny to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 21–29
- Website
- https://www.kolejeslaskie.com/en/
Train from Krakow Glowny to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 21–29
- Website
- https://www.kolejeslaskie.com/en/
- Phone
- +48 (12) 30 71 714
- [email protected]
- Website
- kolejemalopolskie.com.pl
Train from Krakow Glowny to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 19–23
- Website
- https://kolejemalopolskie.com.pl/en/home-page
Train from Krakow Glowny to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 19–23
- Website
- https://kolejemalopolskie.com.pl/en/home-page
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 340–600
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Wien Hbf to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 340–600
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
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