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Kuala Lumpur to Beijing

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. From €323.46, fastest 9h 12m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Kuala Lumpur to Beijing runs about 14 times a day, with the first departure around 06:34 and the last around 18:48. One passenger pays between €323.46 and €335.85, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 9h 12m over 4,479 km, on services run by 3 operators across 1 mode.

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

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 · Priced for 13 October 2026

€323.46 to €335.85

  • 233%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Kuala Lumpur

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 06:34First departure
  • 18:48Last departure
  • 14Services per day
  • 86%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €1,020.84Thu24
  2. about €803.72Fri25
  3. about €834.99Sat26
  4. about €653.27Sun27
  5. about €531.14Mon28
  6. about €528.19Tue29
  7. about €550.02Wed30
  8. about €517.57Thu1
  9. about €502.82Fri2
  10. about €489.84Sat3
  11. about €459.75Sun4
  12. about €396.03Mon5
  13. about €404.29Tue6
  14. about €436.74Wed7
  15. about €433.20Thu8
  16. about €404.29Fri9
  17. about €407.24Sat10
  18. about €383.05Sun11
  19. about €338.21Mon12
  20. about €323.46Tue13
  21. about €341.75Wed14

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 Kuala Lumpur to Beijing

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

  1. €339.9890 days
  2. €306.9460 days
  3. €354.7345 days
  4. €340.5730 days
  5. €341.7521 days
  6. €436.7414 days
  7. €550.027 days
  8. €834.993 days
  9. €1,020.841 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €306.94.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 233 percent. The dearest point is €1,020.84, 1 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.
€1,020.84€306.94137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Kuala Lumpur to Beijing 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

4,479 km

4,348 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north.

Who lives at each end

1,453,97518,960,744

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
86% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 14% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 4,479 km against 4,348 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, Nanning. The gap between arriving and leaving is 82 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 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 Kuala Lumpur 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 Kuala Lumpur to Beijing?

The fastest journey from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing takes 9h 12m door to door, of which 6h 17m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 9h 40m, 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 Kuala Lumpur to Beijing?

The cheapest fare from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing is €323.46, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €550.61. 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 Kuala Lumpur to Beijing?

The cheapest way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing is by flight, at €323.46 for one passenger on 13 October 2026. That journey takes 9h 27m 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 Kuala Lumpur to Beijing?

Fares from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €306.94. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 233 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 Kuala Lumpur to Beijing?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, at €396.03. 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 Kuala Lumpur to Beijing?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, at €276.26 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 Kuala Lumpur to Beijing?

3 operators sell services from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing across 1 mode: Air China, AirAsia X, Malaysia 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 Kuala Lumpur to Beijing?

86 percent of the services we sell from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing are direct. The rest connect at Guilin, Nanning, with about 82 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 Kuala Lumpur to Beijing use?

Services from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing by flight leave from Kuala Lumpur International Airport KUL 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 Kuala Lumpur to Beijing?

0 of the 3 operators we sell from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing 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 Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on 23 September 2026: 4479 km of route against 4348 km in a straight line, 14 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €323.46, and 9h 12m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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The two ends, compared

Kuala Lumpur reaches 227 places in 56 countries on services we hold, over distances from 23 to 15,931 km. Beijing reaches 288 places in 60 countries, from 51 to 12,185 km.

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Leaving Kuala Lumpur

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  • 56Countries
  • 77Operators

Arriving in Beijing

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  • 60Countries
  • 87Operators

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