There are 8 ways to get from Shanghai to Ko Phuket by plane, train, bus, or car
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Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport
best- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Phuket International Airport (HKT)plane PVG - HKT
8h 18m฿4,074–12,275Train, bus
- Take the train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Kunming Southtrain
- Take the train from Kunming South to Vientiane stationtrain
- Take the bus from Nong Khai to Phuket Bus Terminal 2bus
2d 1h฿10,028–12,928Drive 4,343.6 km
- Drive from Shanghai to Phuketcar 4,343.6 km
2d 5h฿18,485–26,701Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Phuket International Airport (HKT)plane SHA - HKT
9h 46m฿6,521–12,021Train to Sunan Shuofang International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Shanghai station to Wuxitrain
- Fly from Sunan Shuofang International Airport (WUX) to Phuket International Airport (HKT)plane WUX - HKT
11h 29m฿5,641–15,573Train to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou Easttrain
- Fly from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH) to Phuket International Airport (HKT)plane HGH - HKT
10h 16m฿5,393–15,723Train to Ningbo Lishe International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Ningbotrain
- Fly from Ningbo Lishe International Airport (NGB) to Phuket International Airport (HKT)plane NGB - HKT
11h 3m฿5,194–15,249Train, bus via Bangkok
- Take the train from Shanghai South to Kunmingtrain
- Take the bus from Kunming South to Laos Vientianebus
- Take the bus from Morning Market, Vientiane to Mochit New Van Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Mochit 2 Bus Terminal to Phuket Bus Terminal 2bus
3d 10h฿4,445–14,154
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Phuket International Airport (HKT) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Ko Phuket is to fly which costs ฿4000 - ฿13000 and takes 8h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Ko Phuket is to fly which takes 8h 18m and costs ฿4000 - ฿13000.
The distance between Shanghai and Ko Phuket is 3573 km. The road distance is 4343.6 km.
The best way to get from Shanghai to Ko Phuket without a car is to train and bus via Bangkok which takes 3 days 10h and costs ฿4400 - ฿15000.
It takes approximately 8h 18m to get from Shanghai to Ko Phuket, including transfers.
Ko Phuket is 1h behind Shanghai. It is currently 3:07 AM in Shanghai and 2:07 AM in Ko Phuket.
Yes, the driving distance between Shanghai to Ko Phuket is 4344 km. It takes approximately 2 days 5h to drive from Shanghai to Ko Phuket.
There are 7517+ hotels available in Ko Phuket.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Ko Phuket, Thailand?
Spring Airlines, Juneyao Airlines, and seven other airlines fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Phuket International Airport (HKT) every 4 hours.
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿4,700–14,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Kunming
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿5,000–15,000
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Kunming
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿6,000–18,000
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Kunming
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿5,500–17,000
Flights from Ningbo Lishe International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Kunming
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿5,000–15,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿4,000–12,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿4,600–14,000
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿5,500–17,000
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿5,000–16,000
Flights from Ningbo Lishe International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿4,600–14,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿4,000–15,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿6,500–8,000
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿5,500–20,000
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿5,000–20,000
Flights from Ningbo Lishe International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿4,600–17,000
- Website
- ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿4,700–14,000
- Website
- hkairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿4,700–16,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿5,500–18,000
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿6,000–21,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿3,500–12,000
Flights from Ningbo Lishe International Airport to Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿4,700–15,000
- Website
- lionairthai.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ฿4,700–11,000
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿6,000–15,000
- Website
- vietjetair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿4,300–11,000
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿5,500–14,000
- Website
- airchangan.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿4,900–20,000
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿5,500–24,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿7,000–26,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿3,900–11,000
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿5,500–14,000
- Website
- hkexpress.com
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿5,500–15,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿5,000–15,000
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Kunming South
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ฿5,000–5,400
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- ฿5,000–5,400
- 1st Class Seat
- ฿8,000–9,000
- Business Class Seat
- ฿12,000–17,000
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ฿300–330
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- ฿300–330
- 1st Class Seat
- ฿480–530
- Business Class Seat
- ฿650–950
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou East
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ฿370–410
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- ฿370–410
- 1st Class Seat
- ฿600–660
- Business Class Seat
- ฿850–1,200
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Ningbo
- 2nd Class Seat
- ฿700–800
- 1st Class Seat
- ฿1,150–1,300
- Business Class Seat
- ฿1,600–2,400
- Phone
- 021-891888
- Website
- facebook.com
Train from Kunming South to Vientiane station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿2,200–4,600
- Schedules at
- baolau.com
- Second Class
- ฿2,200–2,900
- First Class
- ฿2,900–4,600
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Hard Seat
- ฿230–330
- Hard Sleeper
- ฿250–390
- Soft Sleeper
- ฿600–900
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿310–550
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ฿310–440
- Adult - 1st Class
- ฿390–550
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou East
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ฿360–650
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ฿360–500
- Adult - 1st Class
- ฿470–650
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Ningbo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ฿550–1,200
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ฿550–800
- Adult - 1st Class
- ฿850–1,200
- Phone
- +66 43 235 888
- Website
- Chan Tour
Bus from Nong Khai to Phuket Bus Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ฿2,078
- Website
- Chan Tour
- Phone
- 086 065 5466
- [email protected]
- Website
- Tara Tour and Travel
Bus from Nong Khai to Phuket Bus Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿2,500–2,800
- Schedules at
- Tara Tour and Travel
Bus from Morning Market, Vientiane to Mochit New Van Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ฿1,100–1,600
- Book at
- 12go.asia
- [email protected]
- Website
- chinabusguide.com
Bus from Kunming South to Laos Vientiane
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿1,400–2,973
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
- Bus
- ฿1,400–2,100
- Phone
- +66 2 217 1017
- [email protected]
- Website
- Next Step Journey
Bus from Morning Market, Vientiane to Mochit New Van Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿1,688
- Website
- Next Step Journey
- Phone
- +66 2 207 1007
- [email protected]
- Website
- Wonderly Travel
Bus from Mochit 2 Bus Terminal to Phuket Bus Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ฿1,100–1,700
- Website
- Wonderly Travel
- Phone
- +66 2-9362474
- Website
- Lignite Tour
Bus from Mochit 2 Bus Terminal to Phuket Bus Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ฿994
- Schedules at
- Lignite Tour
- Phone
- 1490
- [email protected]
- Website
- ฺBor Kor Sor
Bus from Mochit 2 Bus Terminal to Phuket Bus Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿700–6,500
- Book at
- 12go.asia
- Website
- ฺBor Kor Sor
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