✈ PVG → ATH
SHANGHAI → ATHENS IN 10H 56M. CONSIDER BUSINESS CLASS. NO, REALLY.
Flight from Shanghai to Athens
From Pudong (PVG), China Asia → Eleftherios Venizelos (ATH), Greece Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Athens → Shanghai
How long is the flight from Shanghai to Athens?
A nonstop flight from Shanghai (PVG) to Athens (ATH) takes about 10 hours 56 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,318 miles (8,558 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
10h 56m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,318 mi
8,558 km · great-circle
Avg speed
782 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Shanghai timezone
UTC+8
Asia/Shanghai
Athens timezone
UTC+3
Europe/Athens
Time difference
-5h
5 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~3.5d
Westward — easier
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Shanghai
Nearest destinations
- Shanghai → Taipei
- Shanghai → Seoul
- Shanghai → Beijing
- Shanghai → Hong Kong
- Shanghai → Osaka
- Shanghai → Tokyo
- Shanghai → Manila
- Shanghai → Bangkok
- Shanghai → Kuala Lumpur
- Shanghai → Singapore
Long-haul from Shanghai
- Shanghai → Buenos Aires
- Shanghai → Santiago
- Shanghai → São Paulo
- Shanghai → Rio de Janeiro
- Shanghai → Cancun
- Shanghai → Miami
- Shanghai → Cape Town
- Shanghai → Mexico City
- Shanghai → Atlanta
- Shanghai → New York
More flights to Europe
Flights to Athens
Nearest origins
- Istanbul → Athens
- Bucharest → Athens
- Rome → Athens
- Cairo → Athens
- Budapest → Athens
- Tel Aviv → Athens
- Vienna → Athens
- Munich → Athens
- Milan → Athens
- Prague → Athens
Long-haul to Athens
- Auckland → Athens
- Sydney → Athens
- Melbourne → Athens
- Santiago → Athens
- Buenos Aires → Athens
- Mexico City → Athens
- Los Angeles → Athens
- San Francisco → Athens
- Las Vegas → Athens
- Bali (Denpasar) → Athens