✈ PVG → BUD

10H 42M, 5,197 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.

Flight time
10h 42m
Distance
5,197 mi
Or
8,364 km
Jet lag
6h

Flight from Shanghai to Budapest

From Pudong (PVG), China Asia  →  Ferenc Liszt (BUD), Hungary Europe

↔ Flying the other way? Budapest → Shanghai

How long is the flight from Shanghai to Budapest?

A nonstop flight from Shanghai (PVG) to Budapest (BUD) takes about 10 hours 42 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,197 miles (8,364 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

10h 42m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,197 mi

8,364 km · great-circle

Avg speed

781 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Shanghai timezone

UTC+8

Asia/Shanghai

Budapest timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Budapest

Time difference

-6h

6 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~4.2d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 1238 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1430 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 343 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.