There are 6 ways to get from Shanghai to Tainan by subway, plane, train, or ferry
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Line 2 subway to Shanghai Pudong International Airport, fly to Kao-Hsiung International Airport, train
best- Take the subway from West Nanjing Road to Longyang Roadsubway
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Kao-Hsiung International Airport (KHH)plane PVG - KHH
- Take the train from 新左營 to 臺南train
6h 31m$91–234Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Kao-Hsiung International Airport (KHH)plane SHA - KHH
7h 54m$79–236Train, ferry
- Take the train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Pingtan Stationtrain
- Take the ferry from Pingtan Port to Taichung Harborferry
- Take the train from 臺中 to 臺南train 山線
15h 32m$119–233Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Taipei Songshan Airport (TSA)plane SHA - TSA
- Take the train from 台北 to 台南train
7h 26m$199–515Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)plane PVG - TPE
- Take the train from 桃園 to 台南train
7h 33m$135–248Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Taipei Songshan Airport (TSA)plane PVG - TSA
- Take the train from 台北 to 台南train
7h 38m$246–913
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Kao-Hsiung International Airport (KHH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Tainan is to fly which costs $75 - $240 and takes 7h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Tainan is to line 2 subway and fly and train which takes 6h 31m and costs $90 - $240.
The distance between Shanghai and Tainan is 1057 km.
The best way to get from Shanghai to Tainan without a car is to train and ferry which takes 15h 32m and costs $110 - $240.
It takes approximately 6h 31m to get from Shanghai to Tainan, including transfers.
There are 764+ hotels available in Tainan.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Tainan, Taiwan?
China Eastern Airlines, Mandarin Airlines, and five other airlines fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Kao-Hsiung International Airport (KHH) 4 times a day.
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–420
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–460
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–350
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–460
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–800
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–390
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–700
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–390
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–700
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–420
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–350
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Xiamen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–320
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Fuzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $75–230
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–700
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–460
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–350
- Website
- uniair.com.tw
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–350
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–460
- Website
- xiamenair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Xiamen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–350
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Fuzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $75–230
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport via Xiamen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–550
- Website
- ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–390
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–850
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–280
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–230
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–320
- Website
- airmacau.com.mo
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Macau
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–380
- Phone
- (86)021-64370000
- Website
- travelchinaguide.com
Subway from West Nanjing Road to Longyang Road
- Ave. Duration
- 19 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1
- Schedules at
- travelchinaguide.com
- Adult
- $1
- Phone
- 0800-765-888
- Website
- Taiwan Railway
Train from 新左營 to 臺南
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–3
- Website
- Taiwan Railway
- adult
- $2–3
Train from 臺中 to 臺南
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $8–13
- Website
- Taiwan Railway
- adult
- $8–13
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Pingtan Station
- 2nd Class Seat
- $61–66
- 1st Class Seat
- $100–110
- Business Class Seat
- $140–210
Train from 台北 to 台南
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $39–50
- Website
- thsrc.com
- Non-Reserved
- $39–44
- Standard
- $40–50
- Business
- $71
Train from 桃園 to 台南
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $34–45
- Website
- thsrc.com
- Non-Reserved
- $34–39
- Standard
- $35–45
- Business
- $64
Train from 台北 to 台南
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $39–50
- Website
- thsrc.com
- Non-Reserved
- $39–44
- Standard
- $40–50
- Business
- $71
- Phone
- (02) 2516-9788
- Website
- tourking.com.tw
Ferry from Pingtan Port to Taichung Harbor
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $40–140
- Schedules at
- taiwancsf.com
- Adult
- $40–140
- Second class
- $111
- First Class
- $140
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