Jinan to Yantai runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:23 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €43.80 and €53.69, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 3h 31m over 410 km, on services run by 2 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€43.80 to €53.69
- 92%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Jinan
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.
- 06:23First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 4Services per day
- 25%Run direct
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Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Jinan to Yantai on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €75.66Tue15
- about €77.43Wed16
- about €80.97Thu17
- about €68.58Fri18
- about €96.90Sat19
- about €83.33Sun20
- about €62.68Mon21
- about €59.14Tue22
- about €56.44Wed23
- about €67.99Thu24
- about €66.22Fri25
- about €78.61Sat26
- about €72.12Sun27
- about €43.80Mon28
- about €48.19Tue29
- about €49.70Wed30
- about €62.49Thu1
- about €48.52Fri2
- about €61.50Sat3
- about €43.80Sun4
- about €50.29Mon5
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 Yantai. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Yantai for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Jinan to Yantai
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €50.8890 days
- €42.1460 days
- €52.0645 days
- €43.7930 days
- €50.2921 days
- €43.8014 days
- €62.687 days
- €80.973 days
- €75.661 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €42.14.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 92 percent. The dearest point is €80.97, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Jinan to Yantai 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
410 km
404 km as the crow flies, 1% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
8,352,574 → 7,102,100
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
2/4
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
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
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 410 km against 404 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Qingdao, Dalian, Weifang, Zibo. 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 near Yantai Railway Station
Most of the points near Yantai Railway Station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Jinan to Yantai
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 Jinan to Yantai?
The fastest journey from Jinan to Yantai takes 3h 31m door to door, of which 3h 4m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 57m, 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 Jinan to Yantai?
The cheapest fare from Jinan to Yantai is €43.80, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €67.70. 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 Jinan to Yantai?
The cheapest way from Jinan to Yantai is by flight, at €43.80 for one passenger on 28 September 2026. That journey takes 4h 8m 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.
What is the fastest way to get from Jinan to Yantai?
The fastest way from Jinan to Yantai is by train, at 3h 48m door to door. Only 3h 4m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €53.69.
When should I book Jinan to Yantai?
Fares from Jinan to Yantai bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €42.14. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 92 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Jinan to Yantai?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Jinan to Yantai, at €50.29. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 14 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Jinan to Yantai?
December is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Jinan to Yantai, at €38.49 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 Jinan to Yantai?
2 operators sell services from Jinan to Yantai across 2 modes: China Railway, Shandong 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 Jinan to Yantai?
33 percent of the services we sell from Jinan to Yantai are direct. The rest connect at Qingdao, Dalian, Weifang, Zibo, with about 49 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from Jinan to Yantai produce?
Travelling from Jinan to Yantai by train produces about 13.3 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 102.3 kg, roughly 8 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Jinan to Yantai use?
Services from Jinan to Yantai by train leave from Jinan railway station and arrive at Yantai Railway Station. Allow about 44m 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 Jinan to Yantai?
1 of the 2 operators we sell from Jinan to Yantai 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 Jinan to Yantai on 14 September 2026: 410 km of route against 404 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €43.80, and 3h 31m 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 Yantai a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Yantai and across China
Day trips that leave Yantai in the morning and cover a good part of China by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Jinan reaches 81 places in 8 countries on services we hold, over distances from 45 to 8,374 km. Yantai reaches 43 places in 6 countries, from 160 to 8,439 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Jinan
- 81Places you can leave for
- 8Countries
- 24Operators
Arriving in Yantai
Leaving Yantai
- 43Places you can leave for
- 6Countries
- 19Operators