Shanghai to Ambalantota runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:31 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €505.77 and €509.31, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 10h 6m over 5,197 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€505.77 to €509.31
- 188%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Shanghai
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:31First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €980.13Tue15
- about €1,046.21Wed16
- about €1,095.18Thu17
- about €851.51Fri18
- about €855.64Sat19
- about €811.39Sun20
- about €742.95Mon21
- about €582.47Tue22
- about €607.25Wed23
- about €816.70Thu24
- about €657.40Fri25
- about €683.36Sat26
- about €635.57Sun27
- about €509.31Mon28
- about €493.97Tue29
- about €473.32Wed30
- about €621.41Thu1
- about €498.10Fri2
- about €555.92Sat3
- about €562.41Sun4
- about €455.03Mon5
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Ambalantota. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Ambalantota for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Ambalantota and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Shanghai to Ambalantota
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €601.9490 days
- €411.3760 days
- €498.1045 days
- €380.1030 days
- €455.0321 days
- €509.3114 days
- €742.957 days
- €1,095.183 days
- €980.131 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €380.10.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 188 percent. The most expensive point is €1,095.18, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Shanghai to Ambalantota and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
2.5 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.
The shape of it
5,197 km
5,046 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
24,874,500 → 80,506
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 5,197 km against 5,046 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Beijing, Male, Bangkok, Colombo. The gap between arriving and leaving is 63 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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.
The fare from HRI into Ambalantota is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Ambalantota
Settled in advance, so the ride into Ambalantota costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
Ambalantota is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Baggage storage near Ambalantota
Most of the points near Ambalantota open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Shanghai to Ambalantota
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 Shanghai to Ambalantota?
The fastest journey from Shanghai to Ambalantota takes 10h 6m door to door, of which 7h 11m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 10h 42m, 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 Shanghai to Ambalantota?
The cheapest fare from Shanghai to Ambalantota is €455.03, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €678.05. 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 Shanghai to Ambalantota?
The cheapest way from Shanghai to Ambalantota is by flight, at €509.31 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 10h 21m 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.
When should I book Shanghai to Ambalantota?
Fares from Shanghai to Ambalantota bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €380.10. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 188 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Shanghai to Ambalantota?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Shanghai to Ambalantota, at €509.31. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 14, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Shanghai to Ambalantota?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Shanghai to Ambalantota, at €381.87 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 Shanghai to Ambalantota?
1 operators sell services from Shanghai to Ambalantota across 1 mode: SriLankan Airlines. 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 Shanghai to Ambalantota?
20 percent of the services we sell from Shanghai to Ambalantota are direct. The rest connect at Beijing, Male, Bangkok, Colombo, with about 63 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Shanghai to Ambalantota use?
Services from Shanghai to Ambalantota by flight leave from Shanghai PVG and arrive at Ambalantota HRI. 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 Shanghai to Ambalantota?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Shanghai to Ambalantota 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 shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Shanghai to Ambalantota on September 14, 2026: 5197 km of route against 5046 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €455.03, and 10h 6m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Ambalantota is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Ambalantota and across Sri Lanka
Day trips that leave Ambalantota in the morning and cover a good part of Sri Lanka by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Shanghai reaches 232 places in 48 countries on services we hold, over distances from 40 to 11,859 km. Ambalantota reaches 7 places in 6 countries, from 158 to 5,154 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Shanghai
- 232Places you can leave for
- 48Countries
- 88Operators
Arriving in Ambalantota
Leaving Ambalantota
- 7Places you can leave for
- 6Countries
- 1Operators