There are 7 ways to get from Shanghai to Lyon by plane, car, or train
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Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
best- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane PVG - LYS
18h 29m€283–724Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Geneva International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane SHA - GVA
- Take the train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieutrain
20h 46m€277–793Drive 11,120.7 km
- Drive from Shanghai Station to Lyoncar 11,120.7 km
5d 5h€1,729–2,498Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane PVG - GVA
- Take the train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieutrain
18h 48m€493–700Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Marseille Provence Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Marseille Provence Airport (MRS)plane PVG - MRS
- Take the train from Aix En Provence Tgv to Lyon Part Dieutrain
17h 41m€545–862Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)plane PVG - CDG
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lyon Part Dieutrain
17h 39m€402–858Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane PVG - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Lyon Part Dieutrain
22h 2m€376–704
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Lyon is to fly which costs €280 - €750 and takes 18h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Lyon is to fly and train which takes 17h 39m and costs €400 - €900.
The distance between Shanghai and Lyon is 9418 km. The road distance is 11120.7 km.
It takes approximately 18h 29m to get from Shanghai to Lyon, including transfers.
Lyon is 6h behind Shanghai. It is currently 5:09 AM in Shanghai and 11:09 PM in Lyon.
Yes, the driving distance between Shanghai to Lyon is 11121 km. It takes approximately 5 days 5h to drive from Shanghai to Lyon.
There are 4143+ hotels available in Lyon.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Lyon, France?
Lufthansa, Air Dolomiti, and six other airlines fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) 4 times a day.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €320–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €260–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–1,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Beijing Capital, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Marseille Provence Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–1,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–1,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–550
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–850
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–650
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Marseille Provence Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–950
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–650
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Marseille Provence Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–550
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 18m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–550
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–850
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–700
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €270–750
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €250–700
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–700
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €270–800
- Website
- ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Marseille Provence Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–950
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–150
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Aix En Provence Tgv to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–100
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Aix En Provence Tgv to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Milano Centrale to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
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