There are 7 ways to get from Washington to Shanghai by plane or train
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Fly Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
best- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane SEA - PVG
16h 36m¥2,975–6,075Fly Tri-Cities Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Tri-Cities Airport (PSC) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane PSC - PVG
19h 16m¥1,673–5,623Fly Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA)plane SEA - SHA
20h 5m¥1,825–6,025Fly Portland International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane PDX - PVG
19h 29m¥1,705–4,505Train to Vancouver International Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Take the train from Everett Amtrak Station to Vancouvertrain
- Fly from Vancouver International Airport (YVR) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane YVR - PVG
18h 50m¥3,031–4,910Fly Spokane International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Fly from Spokane International Airport (GEG) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane GEG - PVG
19h¥1,968–6,088Fly Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport, train
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Sunan Shuofang International Airport (WUX)plane SEA - WUX
- Take the train from Wuxi to Shanghai stationtrain
20h 41m¥1,947–6,106
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Washington to Shanghai is to fly which costs ¥1700 - ¥4600 and takes 19h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Washington to Shanghai is to fly which takes 16h 36m and costs ¥2900 - ¥6500.
The distance between Washington and Shanghai is 9249 km.
It takes approximately 16h 36m to get from Washington to Shanghai, including transfers.
Shanghai is 15h ahead of Washington. It is currently 1:24 PM in Washington and 4:24 AM in Shanghai.
There are 1937+ hotels available in Shanghai.
What companies run services between Washington, USA and Shanghai, China?
Delta, Japan Airlines, and five other airlines fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) every 4 hours.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–6,500
Flights from Portland International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,500
Flights from Spokane International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–6,500
Flights from Tri-Cities Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–6,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–6,500
Flights from Portland International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Vancouver International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 17m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–4,400
Flights from Portland International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–4,800
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–4,500
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–7,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–6,500
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,000
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–6,500
Flights from Spokane International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–7,000
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–7,500
Flights from Spokane International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–7,000
Flights from Tri-Cities Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–6,500
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–13,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–14,000
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–13,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–14,000
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–7,000
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–7,500
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Vancouver International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,500
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,500
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–7,000
Flights from Spokane International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–7,000
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–6,500
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–8,000
- Website
- shenzhenair.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Sunan Shuofang International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,000
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Everett Amtrak Station to Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥440–700
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Wuxi to Shanghai station
- Hard Seat
- ¥45–65
- Hard Sleeper
- ¥45–80
- Soft Sleeper
- ¥120–180
Train from Wuxi to Shanghai station
- Hard Seat
- ¥23–35
- Hard sleeper
- ¥50–70
- Soft sleeper
- ¥80–110
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