There are 7 ways to get from Shanghai to Riyadh Airport (RUH) by plane, car, train, or bus
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Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport
best- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Riyadh (RUH)plane PVG - RUH
13h 28mSAR 779–2,130Drive 9,451.2 km
- Drive from Shanghai Station to Riyadh-Airport-RUHcar 9,451.2 km
4d 10hSAR 4,467–6,452Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Riyadh (RUH)plane SHA - RUH
14h 51mSAR 852–2,502Train to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou Easttrain
- Fly from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH) to Riyadh (RUH)plane HGH - RUH
16h 51mSAR 943–2,682Train to Sunan Shuofang International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Shanghai station to Wuxitrain
- Fly from Sunan Shuofang International Airport (WUX) to Riyadh (RUH)plane WUX - RUH
15h 54mSAR 1,015–2,963Bus to Nantong Xingdong Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Shanghai Zongzhan to Jiangsu Tongzhoubus
- Fly from Nantong Xingdong Airport (NTG) to Riyadh (RUH)plane NTG - RUH
17h 48mSAR 1,250–3,376Train to Ningbo Lishe International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Ningbotrain
- Fly from Ningbo Lishe International Airport (NGB) to Riyadh (RUH)plane NGB - RUH
18h 17mSAR 914–2,535
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Riyadh (RUH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Riyadh Airport (RUH) is to fly which costs 750﷼ - 2200﷼ and takes 13h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Riyadh Airport (RUH) is to fly which takes 13h 28m and costs 750﷼ - 2200﷼.
The distance between Shanghai and Riyadh Airport (RUH) is 7300 km. The road distance is 9451.2 km.
It takes approximately 13h 28m to get from Shanghai to Riyadh Airport (RUH), including transfers.
Riyadh Airport (RUH) is 5h behind Shanghai. It is currently 12:37 AM in Shanghai and 7:37 PM in Riyadh Airport (RUH).
Yes, the driving distance between Shanghai to Riyadh Airport (RUH) is 9451 km. It takes approximately 4 days 10h to drive from Shanghai to Riyadh Airport (RUH).
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Riyadh Airport (RUH), Saudi Arabia?
China Eastern Airlines, Qatar Airways, and three other airlines fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Riyadh (RUH) 5 times a day.
Airlines
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Riyadh via Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- SAR 950–3,100
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Riyadh via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 900–3,100
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Riyadh via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,000–2,800
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Riyadh via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 900–3,000
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Riyadh via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,000–3,400
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Riyadh via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,100–3,100
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Riyadh via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,000–3,300
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Riyadh via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,100–3,100
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Riyadh via Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,000–3,500
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Riyadh via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 53m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,000–3,500
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Riyadh via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,100–3,800
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Riyadh via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,200–3,300
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Riyadh via Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,100–3,800
Flights from Ningbo Lishe International Airport to Riyadh via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 850–2,900
Flights from Ningbo Lishe International Airport to Riyadh via Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- SAR 850–2,900
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–2,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Riyadh via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 750–2,100
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Riyadh via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,100–3,100
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Riyadh via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,100–3,100
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Riyadh via Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,000–2,700
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Riyadh via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,100–3,100
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Riyadh via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,100–3,200
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Riyadh via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,200–3,300
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Riyadh via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,200–3,400
Flights from Ningbo Lishe International Airport to Riyadh via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 950–2,600
Flights from Ningbo Lishe International Airport to Riyadh via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 950–2,600
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–2,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Riyadh via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–2,200
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Riyadh via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,100–3,200
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Riyadh via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,200–3,300
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Riyadh via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,200–3,400
Flights from Ningbo Lishe International Airport to Riyadh via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,000–2,800
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Riyadh via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 850–2,500
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Riyadh via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 950–2,800
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Riyadh via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,000–2,900
Flights from Ningbo Lishe International Airport to Riyadh via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 850–2,400
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Riyadh via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 950–3,000
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Riyadh via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,100–3,600
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Riyadh via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,000–3,200
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Riyadh via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,100–3,900
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Riyadh via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 750–2,100
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Riyadh via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 900–2,600
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Riyadh via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,300–3,800
Flights from Ningbo Lishe International Airport to Riyadh via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,100–3,200
Train operators
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou East
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- SAR 41–45
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- SAR 41–45
- 1st Class Seat
- SAR 65–75
- Business Class Seat
- SAR 90–130
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- SAR 33–36
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- SAR 33–36
- 1st Class Seat
- SAR 53–58
- Business Class Seat
- SAR 70–110
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Ningbo
- 2nd Class Seat
- SAR 75–85
- 1st Class Seat
- SAR 125–140
- Business Class Seat
- SAR 180–260
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou East
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- SAR 40–75
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- SAR 40–55
- Adult - 1st Class
- SAR 50–75
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- SAR 35–60
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- SAR 35–50
- Adult - 1st Class
- SAR 40–60
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Ningbo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- SAR 60–130
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- SAR 60–90
- Adult - 1st Class
- SAR 90–130
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Hard Seat
- SAR 12–17
- Hard sleeper
- SAR 28–40
- Soft sleeper
- SAR 45–60
Bus operators
- [email protected]
- Website
- chinabusguide.com
Bus from Shanghai Zongzhan to Jiangsu Tongzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- SAR 32–55
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
- Bus
- SAR 35–55
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