How do you combine Shanghai and Suzhou?
Yes. Shanghai and Suzhou combine well on one trip. As a rough guide, allow 3 days in Shanghai and 3 days in Suzhou, around 6 days in total.
How the two connect
Shanghai and Suzhou are only about 83 km apart, close enough to combine on the same trip without long transfers, and easy to do as a day trip in either direction. The nearest airport to Shanghai is Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA), about 12 km away; for Suzhou it is Sunan Shuofang International Airport (WUX), about 27 km away, so you can fly into one and out of the other.
Suggested days
- Shanghai
- 3 days
- Suzhou
- 3 days
- Together
- 6 days · about 83 km apart
These are starting points, not fixed rules. Add a day to whichever place matches your interests, and build in the travel time between them.
Explore both places
Tours and day trips from Shanghai
- Private Shanghai Full Day City Tour with Old and New Highlights
- From Shanghai: Zhujiajiao Water Town Private Tour with Boat Ride
- Shanghai: Southern Great Wall Day Trip by Bullet Train
- Shanghai Private Tour: Zhujiajiao Water Town and Boat Ride
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Day suggestions are a planning guide based on each place's size and profile, not fixed itineraries. Distances are great-circle figures derived from place coordinates; airport data from OurAirports. How Head Your Way compiles its data.