Shanghai Airport to Hangzhou Transfer

Shanghai Airport to Hangzhou transfer: the easiest way to get there

When you land at Shanghai Airport, the last thing you want is to work out how to get from the airport to Hangzhou. A private airport transfer takes the question away: a Haqqi Tours driver is at arrivals when you walk out, your vehicle is parked minutes away, and the cost of the Shanghai Airport to Hangzhou transfer was fixed on WhatsApp before you left home. There is no airport taxi queue, no meter running in traffic and no negotiating a fare in a language you may not speak.

This page covers everything travellers ask about the Shanghai Airport to Hangzhou route: how far it is and how long it takes, whether an airport taxi, public transport or a private transfer is the better choice, what Hangzhou is like, what to see there and where to stay, where you meet your driver at Shanghai Airport, which vehicles we use and how the booking works.

How far is Hangzhou from Shanghai Airport?

The distance from Shanghai Airport to Hangzhou is about 200 km by road, and the transfer usually takes around 2 hours 30 minutes. Journey time depends on the time of day: early mornings and late evenings are quickest, weekday rush hours and holiday weekends add time. Because the Shanghai Airport to Hangzhou transfer price is fixed in advance, a slow drive never costs you more, which is the first difference from an airport taxi on the meter.

The fastest road route runs via the S32 and G60, and your driver adjusts it on the day for traffic and roadworks.

The route follows the S20 Outer Ring and the G60 Shanghai–Kunming Expressway south-west through Jiaxing, across flat farmland and canals.

If you are asking "how long does it take to get from Shanghai Airport to Hangzhou", the honest answer is 2 hours 30 minutes in normal traffic, and your driver will tell you on the day if anything on the route has changed.

Arriving at Shanghai Airport (PVG)

Shanghai Pudong (PVG) is about 45 km east of the centre with Terminals 1 and 2 and a satellite; Hongqiao (SHA) is about 15 km west beside the high-speed rail station.

Airports feel bigger after a long flight, and Shanghai Airport is no exception. That is why your confirmation carries the exact meeting point for this airport, the driver's name and a phone number: when you walk out of arrivals you know where to look. The driver has been following your flight, so a late landing or a slow bag belt changes nothing about your Shanghai Airport to Hangzhou transfer.

Searches for "PVG to Hangzhou" or "PVG airport transfer" land here for a reason: PVG is the airport code for Shanghai Airport, and this is the private-car service that connects it with Hangzhou.

Shanghai Airport to Hangzhou at a glance

Service: private transfer, your own vehicle from Shanghai Airport to Hangzhou, door to door. Route: about 200 km, around 2 hours 30 minutes depending on traffic. Vehicles: Sedan (1–3 passengers) and Minivan (1–7 passengers) - Mercedes, Volkswagen, Ford Transit and Peugeot Traveller models, air-conditioned, with room for luggage. Price: fixed for the whole vehicle and agreed on WhatsApp before you travel, tolls and waiting included, nothing to pay the driver on the day. Meeting: at Shanghai Airport, at the point named in your confirmation, with flight tracking so a delay moves the pickup. Booking: the form on this page or a WhatsApp message; confirmation in writing within minutes, in Arabic or English.

Taxi or private transfer from Shanghai Airport to Hangzhou?

The airport taxi fare from Shanghai Airport to Hangzhou is unpredictable: meters, night tariffs, tolls and traffic all move it, and you only learn the total at the door. A pre-booked Shanghai Airport to Hangzhou transfer is the opposite - one fixed cost for the vehicle, however long the drive takes, with the price agreed before your trip.

For one traveller with a small bag, a taxi or public transport can be a fair choice. For two or more people, a family with children, or anyone with real luggage, a private transfer is normally the cheapest way to get from Shanghai Airport to Hangzhou per person - and by far the easiest. Public transport to Hangzhou involves changes, tickets and stairs; a private car goes to the hotel door.

There is also the question of trust. Our drivers know the hotels of Hangzhou, work on a fixed price, and never take a detour or add a "special fare" at the end. Your booking is confirmed by a real person on a WhatsApp desk that works in Arabic and English, and that same desk is reachable throughout your trip.

Public transport to Hangzhou: is there a bus, train or metro?

Public transport from Shanghai Airport runs mainly into Shanghai itself: the Maglev reaches Longyang Road from Pudong Airport in 8 minutes and the metro continues from there; Hongqiao has Metro Lines 2 and 10. Each ends with a transfer and a walk with luggage, so a car from the terminal is the calm option, and Disneyland or a Hongqiao-to-Pudong hotel is a long drive either way. Reaching Hangzhou from there means a further connection with your luggage, which is where a door-to-door car saves the most time and effort.

Many of our guests have tried the public route into Hangzhou once and booked the car ever after. The difference is not only speed but effort: no ticket machines in a foreign language, no stairs with suitcases, no working out the last mile to the hotel. A private Shanghai Airport to Hangzhou transfer starts at the arrivals door and ends at the reception desk, and the fixed price covers the whole vehicle.

About Hangzhou

Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province, lies about 180 km south-west of central Shanghai and about 200 km from Pudong Airport. Hangzhou is one of China's most celebrated beauty spots, centred on West Lake, a UNESCO-listed landscape of willow-lined causeways, pagodas, gardens and wooded hills that has inspired poets and painters for more than a thousand years. In the western hills lie the Lingyin Temple with its rock carvings and the Longjing tea villages, famous for Dragon Well green tea. The city is also a major technology hub with a modern riverside skyline along the Qiantang. Visitors come for lake walks, temples and food. Arriving by car, you cross the flat, canal-laced Yangtze Delta.

Things to do in Hangzhou

The reasons most visitors come to Hangzhou: West Lake and its causeways, Lingyin Temple, Longjing tea villages, Leifeng Pagoda and Hefang Street and the old town. Arriving by private transfer means you start on them rested, with the luggage already at the hotel.

Shanghai itself is within reach for a day: the Shanghai Tower and Oriental Pearl, Yu Garden and the old city and the French Concession's plane-tree streets - the same WhatsApp desk arranges the car there and back.

Where to stay in Hangzhou

Hotels and places to stay in Hangzhou: Around West Lake (Hubin), Wulin Square, Qianjiang New City and Longjing and the tea hills. Tell us yours when you book and the driver plans the last few streets before you land.

Roads around West Lake are very congested at weekends and holidays, so allow extra time; give your hotel address in Chinese, as some lakeside hotels are on hillside lanes.

Meeting your driver at Shanghai Airport

Your confirmation message on WhatsApp includes the meeting arrangement for Shanghai Airport - it varies by airport, between an indoor meeting point, a specific exit and a driver with a sign at the arrivals door - along with your driver's name and number. With flight tracking, your driver is there the minute you land, and the waiting time is included in the fixed price.

Up to 60 minutes of waiting is included (90 minutes at some airports), and if you are delayed at baggage or passport control a quick WhatsApp message keeps your driver informed. On the way back, the driver collects you from the hotel at an agreed time with enough margin for your flight from Shanghai Airport.

Our vehicles for the Hangzhou transfer

For this route we offer Sedan (1–3 passengers) and Minivan (1–7 passengers). The vans are Mercedes, Volkswagen, Ford Transit and Peugeot Traveller models, all recent, air-conditioned and cleaned between journeys, with proper luggage space rather than a crowded boot. Choose the vehicle by how many of you are travelling and how much luggage you bring; the desk will tell you if a larger vehicle would be more comfortable.

Families get child seats on request, and groups with a lot of luggage are matched to a vehicle with room to spare. Tell us on WhatsApp what you are bringing and we take care of the rest.

The vehicle is chosen before the confirmation, not at the kerb, so there is no surprise at the door of Shanghai Airport: what we agreed on WhatsApp is what is waiting, and if your luggage looks like it needs a bigger vehicle we say so before you pay.

Who books the Hangzhou transfer

Who uses a private transfer from Shanghai Airport to Hangzhou? Couples who would rather not start a holiday in a taxi queue; families who need child seats and space for a pushchair; groups of six to thirteen who want to arrive together in one vehicle; business travellers with a meeting the same day; and travellers landing at night, when public transport is thin and a fixed price is worth more than ever. Every one of them books the same way - a WhatsApp message - and gets the same written confirmation.

If your trip continues beyond Hangzhou - a day trip, a second city, a port or a return to Shanghai Airport - the same desk arranges it in the same WhatsApp conversation, with the same fixed-price approach.

How to book your Hangzhou transfer

To book the Hangzhou transfer, send us your flight details, your date, how many are travelling and where you are staying in Hangzhou - through the form here or straight on WhatsApp. We confirm the fixed price and the meeting arrangement in writing within minutes, and the same chat stays open for any change of plan before or during your trip.

Changes and cancellations are handled through the same WhatsApp conversation. Because the terms depend on conditions such as how close to the pickup time the request is made, our team will explain exactly what applies to your booking when you ask - always before any payment, never as a surprise afterwards.

Good to know before you land at Shanghai Airport

Say whether you land at Pudong (PVG) or Hongqiao (SHA), 60 km apart; Pudong has Terminals 1 and 2 plus a satellite; send the hotel name in Chinese if you can.

Keep your phone charged and roaming or Wi-Fi on for the WhatsApp thread; the driver's number is in your confirmation and a message on landing at Shanghai Airport is the quickest way to say you are through.

Tell us in advance about anything that affects the vehicle - child seats and ages, a wheelchair, skis, golf bags, a pushchair, extra suitcases - so the right car or van is sent to Shanghai Airport.

Hangzhou to Shanghai Airport: the return transfer

The same service runs the other way. For a Hangzhou to Shanghai Airport transfer we collect you from your hotel at an agreed time, with a comfortable margin for check-in and security at Shanghai Airport, and the driver helps with the luggage at both ends. Book both directions together and the desk keeps them on one confirmation.

Many guests book both directions together for a single confirmation with two times on it; if the return flight changes during the stay, one message moves the pickup to the new time.

More transfers from Shanghai Airport

The same fixed-price private service runs from Shanghai Airport to other places nearby. If your plans include more than one stop, or friends are staying elsewhere, these are the routes travellers most often combine with Hangzhou:

• Shanghai Airport to Wuzhen transfer
• Shanghai Airport to Zhujiajiao transfer
• Shanghai Airport to Suzhou transfer
• Shanghai Airport to Wuxi transfer
• Shanghai Airport to Pudong Hotels transfer
• Shanghai Airport to Hotel transfer

Why travellers choose Haqqi Tours for Hangzhou transfers

Haqqi Tours is a travel company, not a taxi app: the people who confirm your Hangzhou transfer are the same people you can message at midnight when the flight is late. The price is fixed and written down, the driver is a licensed professional who does this road regularly, the vehicle is what we said it would be, and if anything on the day is not as promised, one message to the desk puts it right.

Pickup options and waiting time

When you book on WhatsApp, you choose one of two pickup options for your arrival:

• Flight tracking: your driver is at arrivals the minute your flight lands and waits for up to 60 minutes. If your flight lands at 2:00 pm, the driver is there at 2:00 pm.
• Fixed time (no tracking): your driver arrives at a time you choose and waits for up to 60 minutes from that time. Send us your flight number and we check its real landing times over the past 10 days to recommend the best pickup time.

At most airports the included waiting time is 60 minutes; at some it is 90 minutes. We confirm the exact waiting time for your airport when you book with us on WhatsApp. After that, the driver cannot wait longer: the fixed price is based on one hour of airport parking and the driver's time, and with more than 30 transfers a day, every booking is scheduled back to back.

With flight tracking, normal delays are covered. If your flight is delayed by more than 5 hours, we cannot guarantee a new pickup at the last minute, because the new arrival time is uncertain and other transfers are already scheduled. Message us as soon as the delay is announced: we always do our best to rearrange, but it depends on the number of bookings that day. With a fixed-time pickup, the time slot is reserved for you and cannot be changed on the day, even if your flight is delayed or something unexpected happens.

Two hours before your flight lands, we send you your driver's name and phone number on WhatsApp. If you are still in the air, the message will be waiting for you as soon as you switch on your phone. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.