Haikou to Jinan runs about 16 times a day, with the first departure around 06:02 and the last around 18:39. One passenger pays between €169.47 and €193.07, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 6h 7m over 2,018 km, on services run by 3 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 3 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€169.47 to €193.07
- 178%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Haikou
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:02First departure
- 18:39Last departure
- 16Services per day
- 75%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €357.68Mon14
- about €308.12Tue15
- about €314.02Wed16
- about €322.28Thu17
- about €321.69Fri18
- about €308.12Sat19
- about €282.16Sun20
- about €197.20Mon21
- about €193.07Tue22
- about €202.51Wed23
- about €256.20Thu24
- about €268.59Fri25
- about €246.76Sat26
- about €235.55Sun27
- about €169.47Mon28
- about €169.47Tue29
- about €178.32Wed30
- about €197.79Thu1
- about €192.48Fri2
- about €191.89Sat3
- about €180.09Sun4
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Jinan. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A room in Jinan for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Haikou to Jinan
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €194.8490 days
- €164.7560 days
- €139.3845 days
- €128.7630 days
- €180.0921 days
- €235.5514 days
- €282.167 days
- €314.023 days
- €357.681 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €128.76.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 178 percent. The dearest point is €357.68, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Haikou to Jinan and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
2,018 km
1,959 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north.
Who lives at each end
3,001,600 → 8,352,574
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 75% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 25% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 2,018 km against 1,959 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 Guilin, Changsha, Wuhan, Guangzhou. The gap between arriving and leaving is 63 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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 near Jinan railway station
Most of the points near Jinan railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Haikou to Jinan
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 Haikou to Jinan?
The fastest journey from Haikou to Jinan takes 6h 7m door to door, of which 2h 57m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 6h 20m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Haikou to Jinan?
The cheapest fare from Haikou to Jinan is €169.47, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €273.90. 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 Haikou to Jinan?
The cheapest way from Haikou to Jinan is by flight, at €193.07 for one passenger on 28 September 2026. That journey takes 6h 7m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Haikou to Jinan?
Fares from Haikou to Jinan bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €128.76. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 178 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Haikou to Jinan?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Haikou to Jinan, at €193.07. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 13 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Haikou to Jinan?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Haikou to Jinan, at €133.48 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 Haikou to Jinan?
3 operators sell services from Haikou to Jinan across 1 mode: Beijing Capital Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Tianjin Airlines. 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 Haikou to Jinan?
75 percent of the services we sell from Haikou to Jinan are direct. The rest connect at Guilin, Changsha, Wuhan, Guangzhou, with about 63 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 Haikou to Jinan use?
Services from Haikou to Jinan by flight leave from Haikou HAK and arrive at Jinan TNA. 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 Haikou to Jinan?
0 of the 3 operators we sell from Haikou to Jinan allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. 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 shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Haikou to Jinan on 13 September 2026: 2018 km of route against 1959 km in a straight line, 16 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €169.47, and 6h 7m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Jinan a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

Day trips out of Jinan and across China
Day trips that leave Jinan in the morning and cover a good part of China by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Haikou reaches 70 places in 10 countries on services we hold, over distances from 70 to 9,262 km. Jinan reaches 81 places in 8 countries, from 45 to 8,374 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Haikou
- 70Places you can leave for
- 10Countries
- 35Operators
Arriving in Jinan
Leaving Jinan
- 81Places you can leave for
- 8Countries
- 24Operators
