How far is Huangshan City from Shanghai?

345 km in a straight line and 479 km by rail.

Shanghai to Huangshan City 上海 – 黄山市

Door to door, the high-speed train comes out ahead: about 2½ hours, counting about 20 minutes to board a train and 2½ hours of airport time for a flight. A standard-class seat is ¥207. The stations are in or near the city centres, which is what tips it.

Way	Time	Door to door	Fare	A day
High-speed trainShanghai Hongqiao 上海虹桥 → Huangshan North 黄山北	2 h 16 minG7301, fastest	2½ hours	¥207standard class	3406:51–19:34

By train

34 direct high-speed trains a day run from Shanghai Hongqiao to Huangshan North, between 06:51 and 19:34. The fastest, G7301, takes 2 h 16 min, and a standard-class seat is ¥207. Coming back, 32 trains a day, the fastest 2 h 21 min (G998, 06:36 to 20:22).

Shanghai: Hongqiao station adjoins Hongqiao Airport (SHA); most international flights use Pudong (PVG). Huangshan City: Huangshan North is about an hour by bus from Tangkou, the gateway town for the mountain.

By air

No nonstop flights.

Stops on the way

Cities between the two with direct trains from Shanghai and on to Huangshan City, so the trip can be broken there.

Jiaxing 嘉兴 90 km from Shanghai · 27 min there, 1 h 53 min on
Huzhou 湖州 140 km from Shanghai · 48 min there, 1 h 50 min on
Hangzhou 杭州 160 km from Shanghai · 45 min there, 1 h 13 min on

At the other end

Featured places around Huangshan City.

Huangshan (Yellow Mountain) 黄山

Granite spires, wind-bent pines and a sea of clouds straight out of an ink painting

Best time: Apr–May, Sep–Nov; winter for snow and rime · Time needed: 2 days · 5A scenic area · National heritage site · UNESCO World Heritage
Xidi 西递村

A quieter UNESCO twin of Hongcun: flagstone lanes, merchant houses and a Ming archway

Best time: Mar–Apr, Oct–Nov · Time needed: Half a day · 5A scenic area · National heritage site · UNESCO World Heritage
Hongcun Village 宏村

A merchant village planned in the shape of an ox, mirrored in its own pond

Best time: Mar–Apr (rapeseed blossom), Oct–Nov · Time needed: 1 day · 5A scenic area · National heritage site · UNESCO World Heritage

Around Shanghai: The Bund & Lujiazui Skyline, Shanghai Disney Resort, Lujiazui, Shanghai Museum, Yu Garden & City God Temple.

On the map

Open either city on the illustrated map, or put both in a trip and let the planner lay out the days and the legs between them, with the same tables these numbers come from.

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Trains are every direct train on 2026-10-28 or 2026-11-11 in the 12306 timetable, with standard-class fares; one weekday, so weekend and holiday services differ, and the fastest train may not run every day. Flights are the airlines' schedules for 2026-10-28, plus routes Wikipedia lists for small airports. Drives are routed on OpenStreetMap roads (extract of 2026-10-21) where the pair was routed, else estimated from the distance. Door-to-door times add about 20 minutes to board a train and 2½ hours of airport time to a flight. How to book is in the guide to trains and 12306; the rail times are open data on the data page.