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Barcelona to Beijing

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Barcelona to Beijing. From £586.47, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

One passenger pays between £586.47 and £591.01, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. Services cover 9,067 km and are run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked 6 October 2026Priced for 27 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for 27 October 2026

£586.47 to £591.01

  • 179%Moves across the booking window

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about £1,345.10Wed7
  2. about £1,419.99Thu8
  3. about £1,274.93Fri9
  4. about £1,226.84Sat10
  5. about £1,068.04Sun11
  6. about £850.35Mon12
  7. about £910.48Tue13
  8. about £757.99Wed14
  9. about £1,076.53Thu15
  10. about £846.57Fri16
  11. about £848.93Sat17
  12. about £880.50Sun18
  13. about £692.62Mon19
  14. about £643.01Tue20
  15. about £647.63Wed21
  16. about £859.77Thu22
  17. about £698.18Fri23
  18. about £760.82Sat24
  19. about £758.93Sun25
  20. about £643.08Mon26
  21. about £586.47Tue27

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Beijing. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Beijing for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Beijing Railway Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Barcelona to Beijing

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. £481.3390 days
  2. £697.2060 days
  3. £598.7245 days
  4. £605.7930 days
  5. £586.4721 days
  6. £643.0114 days
  7. £910.487 days
  8. £1,274.933 days
  9. £1,345.101 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at £481.33.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 179 percent. The dearest point is £1,345.10, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
£1,345.10£481.33137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 90 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Barcelona to Beijing and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

6 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.

The shape of it

9,067 km

8,803 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-east.

Who lives at each end

1,686,208 → 18,960,744

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

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The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
25% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 75% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 9,067 km against 8,803 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Munich, Milan, Paris. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.

Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Beijing Railway Station

Most of the points near Beijing Railway Station open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Barcelona to Beijing

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does it take to get from Barcelona to Beijing?

Barcelona to Beijing covers 9,067 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.

How much does it cost to travel from Barcelona to Beijing?

The cheapest fare from Barcelona to Beijing is £586.47, as of 6 October 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is £960.52. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Barcelona to Beijing?

The cheapest way from Barcelona to Beijing is by flight, at £591.01 for one passenger on 27 October 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.

When should I book Barcelona to Beijing?

Fares from Barcelona to Beijing bottom out around 90 days before departure, at £481.33. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 179 percent, measured on 6 October 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Barcelona to Beijing?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Barcelona to Beijing, at £643.01. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 6 October 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Barcelona to Beijing?

March is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Barcelona to Beijing, at £514.38 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs services from Barcelona to Beijing?

1 operators sell services from Barcelona to Beijing across 1 mode: Air China. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Barcelona to Beijing?

25 percent of the services we sell from Barcelona to Beijing are direct. The rest connect at Munich, Milan, Paris, with about 49 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Barcelona to Beijing use?

Services from Barcelona to Beijing by flight leave from Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport BCN and arrive at Beijing Capital International Airport PEK. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Barcelona to Beijing?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Barcelona to Beijing allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs £4.28. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

Being on the water gives Beijing a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Beijing and across China

Day trips that leave Beijing in the morning and cover a good part of China by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Barcelona reaches 207 places in 53 countries on services we hold, over distances from 48 to 11,182 km. Beijing reaches 134 places in 28 countries, from 51 to 12,185 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Barcelona

  • 207Places you can leave for
  • 53Countries
  • 84Operators

Arriving in Beijing

Leaving Beijing

  • 134Places you can leave for
  • 28Countries
  • 53Operators

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