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Ahmedabad to Shanghai

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Ahmedabad to Shanghai. From €412.55, fastest 11h 30m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Ahmedabad to Shanghai runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €412.55 and €489.29, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 11h 30m over 5,659 km, on services run by 6 operators across 2 modes.

Checked September 24, 2026Priced for October 12, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 0 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for October 12, 2026

€412.55 to €489.29

  • 195%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Ahmedabad

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 2Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €1,077.24Fri25
  2. about €1,039.13Sat26
  3. about €767.73Sun27
  4. about €756.59Mon28
  5. about €717.54Tue29
  6. about €888.09Wed30
  7. about €671.56Thu1
  8. about €609.02Fri2
  9. about €725.84Sat3
  10. about €577.29Sun4
  11. about €581.14Mon5
  12. about €566.54Tue6
  13. about €556.51Wed7
  14. about €506.95Thu8
  15. about €557.10Fri9
  16. about €631.19Sat10
  17. about €493.38Sun11
  18. about €412.55Mon12
  19. about €458.57Tue13
  20. about €521.74Wed14
  21. about €619.05Thu15

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

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A hotel room

A room in Shanghai for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Shanghai railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Ahmedabad to Shanghai

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €469.7890 days
  2. €364.7660 days
  3. €437.3345 days
  4. €456.8030 days
  5. €619.0521 days
  6. €506.9514 days
  7. €671.567 days
  8. €767.733 days
  9. €1,077.241 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €364.76.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 195 percent. The most expensive point is €1,077.24, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€1,077.24€364.76137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Ahmedabad to Shanghai and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

2.5 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.

The shape of it

5,659 km

4,883 km as the crow flies, 16% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.

Who lives at each end

6,357,69324,874,500

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

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The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 5,659 km against 4,883 km in a straight line, a detour of 16 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Mumbai, Delhi, Bangkok. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.

Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Shanghai railway station

Most of the points near Shanghai railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Ahmedabad to Shanghai

The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does it take to get from Ahmedabad to Shanghai?

The fastest journey from Ahmedabad to Shanghai takes 11h 30m door to door, of which 7h 33m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 13h 1m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Ahmedabad to Shanghai?

The cheapest fare from Ahmedabad to Shanghai is €412.55, as of September 24, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €674.64. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Ahmedabad to Shanghai?

The cheapest way from Ahmedabad to Shanghai is by flight, at €412.55 for one passenger on October 12, 2026. That journey takes 11h 43m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

What is the fastest way to get from Ahmedabad to Shanghai?

The fastest way from Ahmedabad to Shanghai is by flight, at 11h 43m door to door. Only 7h 33m of that is spent moving; the remaining 4h 10m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €412.55.

When should I book Ahmedabad to Shanghai?

Fares from Ahmedabad to Shanghai bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €364.76. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 195 percent, measured on September 24, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Ahmedabad to Shanghai?

Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Ahmedabad to Shanghai, at €556.51. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 24, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Ahmedabad to Shanghai?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Ahmedabad to Shanghai, at €355.09 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs service from Ahmedabad to Shanghai?

6 operators sell services from Ahmedabad to Shanghai across 2 modes: Air India Limited, Indian Railway, IndiGo Airlines, Spring Airlines, Suparna Airlines, Thai Airways International. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Ahmedabad to Shanghai?

0 percent of the services we sell from Ahmedabad to Shanghai are direct. The rest connect at Mumbai, Delhi, Bangkok, with about 45 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

How much CO2 does the journey from Ahmedabad to Shanghai produce?

Traveling from Ahmedabad to Shanghai by flight produces about 1504.9 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Train produces about 1532.6 kg, roughly 1 times as much for one passenger.

Which station or terminal do services from Ahmedabad to Shanghai use?

Services from Ahmedabad to Shanghai by flight leave from Sardar Vallabh Patel International Airport AMD and arrive at Shanghai Pudong International Airport PVG. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Ahmedabad to Shanghai?

1 of the 6 operators we sell from Ahmedabad to Shanghai allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Ahmedabad to Shanghai on September 24, 2026: 5659 km of route against 4883 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 6 operators a cheapest fare of €412.55, and 11h 30m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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The two ends, compared

Ahmedabad reaches 218 places in 25 countries on services we hold, over distances from 23 to 12,531 km. Shanghai reaches 270 places in 52 countries, from 40 to 12,605 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Ahmedabad

  • 218Places you can leave for
  • 25Countries
  • 20Operators

Arriving in Shanghai

Leaving Shanghai

  • 270Places you can leave for
  • 52Countries
  • 92Operators

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