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Hanoi to Muang Phonsavan

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Hanoi to Muang Phonsavan. From €70.94, fastest 5h 46m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Hanoi to Muang Phonsavan runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €70.94, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 5h 46m over 677 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked 23 September 2026Priced for 13 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €70.94, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 13 October 2026

€70.94

  • 176%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Hanoi

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 1Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €190.71Thu24
  2. about €156.49Fri25
  3. about €172.42Sat26
  4. about €145.28Sun27
  5. about €91.59Mon28
  6. about €105.16Tue29
  7. about €126.99Wed30
  8. about €98.08Thu1
  9. about €86.87Fri2
  10. about €104.57Sat3
  11. about €103.98Sun4
  12. about €92.77Mon5
  13. about €80.97Tue6
  14. about €78.61Wed7
  15. about €95.72Thu8
  16. about €89.82Fri9
  17. about €96.90Sat10
  18. about €86.87Sun11
  19. about €78.02Mon12
  20. about €70.94Tue13
  21. about €70.94Wed14

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Muang Phonsavan for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Bus 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 Hanoi to Muang Phonsavan

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

  1. €74.4890 days
  2. €72.1260 days
  3. €69.1745 days
  4. €79.2030 days
  5. €70.9421 days
  6. €78.6114 days
  7. €126.997 days
  8. €172.423 days
  9. €190.711 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €69.17.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 176 percent. The dearest point is €190.71, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€190.71€69.17137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Hanoi to Muang Phonsavan 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

677 km

327 km as the crow flies, 107% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-west.

Who lives at each end

8,053,66337,507

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
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 677 km against 327 km in a straight line, a detour of 107 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Vientiane. The gap between arriving and leaving is 53 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.

The fare from XKH into Muang Phonsavan is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Muang Phonsavan

Settled in advance, so the ride into Muang Phonsavan costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

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Who runs this route

Muang Phonsavan is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Bus Station

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

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Questions about Hanoi to Muang Phonsavan

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 Hanoi to Muang Phonsavan?

The fastest journey from Hanoi to Muang Phonsavan takes 5h 46m door to door, of which 1h 48m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 48m, 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 Hanoi to Muang Phonsavan?

The cheapest fare from Hanoi to Muang Phonsavan is €70.94, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €95.72. 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 Hanoi to Muang Phonsavan?

The cheapest way from Hanoi to Muang Phonsavan is by flight, at €70.94 for one passenger on 13 October 2026. That journey takes 5h 51m 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 Hanoi to Muang Phonsavan?

Fares from Hanoi to Muang Phonsavan bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €69.17. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 176 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Hanoi to Muang Phonsavan?

Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Hanoi to Muang Phonsavan, at €78.61. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 23 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Hanoi to Muang Phonsavan?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Hanoi to Muang Phonsavan, at €64.45 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 Hanoi to Muang Phonsavan?

1 operators sell services from Hanoi to Muang Phonsavan across 1 mode: Lao 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 Hanoi to Muang Phonsavan?

0 percent of the services we sell from Hanoi to Muang Phonsavan are direct. The rest connect at Vientiane, with about 53 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 Hanoi to Muang Phonsavan use?

Services from Hanoi to Muang Phonsavan by flight leave from Noi Bai International Airport HAN and arrive at Xieng Khouang Airport XKH. 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 Hanoi to Muang Phonsavan?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Hanoi to Muang Phonsavan 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 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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Hanoi to Muang Phonsavan on 23 September 2026: 677 km of route against 327 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €70.94, and 5h 46m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Muang Phonsavan is somebody else's catalogue.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Muang Phonsavan and across Laos

Day trips that leave Muang Phonsavan in the morning and cover a good part of Laos by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Hanoi reaches 167 places in 43 countries on services we hold, over distances from 30 to 12,617 km. Muang Phonsavan reaches 3 places in 2 countries, from 119 to 327 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Hanoi

  • 167Places you can leave for
  • 43Countries
  • 59Operators

Arriving in Muang Phonsavan

Leaving Muang Phonsavan

  • 3Places you can leave for
  • 2Countries
  • 1Operators

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